Aya Hijazi’s family is urging the US administration to intervene before Donald Trump is sworn in as President, Ruth Michaelson writes in The Guardian. Hijazi has been detained for over 900 days so far and is charged, along with her husband and two other co-defendants with “a range of offences, including human trafficking, [redacted] exploitation of children and using the children for protests against the security forces.” Michaelson writes “time could be running out for Hijazi, as the incoming Trump administration has already signalled it intends to build close ties with the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.”

The Washington Post is also stepping up its pressure on the case, where its latest editorial is headlined, “Will Donald Trump help this American imprisoned in Egypt?”