cairo egyptian activist criminal investigation human right work tuesday dedicate international right award thousands egyptians say torture imprison since veteran ruler hosni mubarak overthrow mohamed zaree 37 egypt office director cairo institute human right study martin ennals award prize give year jury 10 global right group ban travel abroad could collect award person geneva speak audience tuesday video conference view honor recognition work alone zaree say instead award belong tens thousands egyptian citizens torture imprison disappear kill last six years nothing stand corruption tyranny peaceful mean egyptian right activists accuse president abdel fattah al-sisi erase freedoms 2011 arab spring uprise end mubarak 30-year rule last year authorities reopen investigation non-governmental organizations document abuse government accuse receive foreign fund spread chaos since seize power mid-2013 muslim brotherhood sisi preside crackdown islamist opponents see hundreds kill many thousands jail dragnet since widen include secular liberal activists forefront 2011 uprise egypt say measure necessary national security hundreds soldier police kill zaree seat empty audience wife shymaa abd el aziz two school-age daughters receive award present kate gilmore unite nations deputy high commissioner human right behalf face charge could carry life prison sentence receive fund foreign entities harm national security ban travel since may 2016. wife tearfully say last time interrogate lie daughters say go somewhere work say win award give courage tell truth arrest within context renew crackdown egyptian human right organizations become lead figure egypt human right movement award jury say government pressure force cairo institute human right study relocate headquarter tunisia 2014. runners-up martin ennals award karla avelar found el salvador first organization transgender women freethe5kh five cambodian human right activists recently release award first recipient 1994 chinese dissident harry wu activist dedicate right award 'tortured imprison egyptians