forced disappearance
Lawyer investigating Regeni’s death arrested for 15 days pending investigations
Egypt
September 13, 2017
Lawyer investigating Regeni’s death arrested for 15 days pending investigations
Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy, the lawyer who was investigating the abduction and death of Italian Cambridge student Giulio Regeni in Egypt has been…
Egypt says murdered Italian student’s bag found with gang
Egypt
March 25, 2016
Egypt says murdered Italian student’s bag found with gang
Egypt's Interior Ministry said on Thursday that security forces had retrieved a bag and passport belonging to murdered Italian student…
MP requests parliament to debate forced disappearance issue
Egypt
March 12, 2016
MP requests parliament to debate forced disappearance issue
MP Haitham al-Hariry has put in an official request for the Egyptian parliament to debate the issue of forced disappearance…
Families of female political prisoners protest on Women’s Day
Egypt
March 9, 2016
Families of female political prisoners protest on Women’s Day
Dozens of relatives of female political prisoners and forcibly disappeared people protested outside the Journalists' Syndicate on Tuesday — which…
Lawyer says victim of suspected enforced disappearance found dead
Egypt
February 1, 2016
Lawyer says victim of suspected enforced disappearance found dead
An activist lawyer reported that a missing victim of enforced disappearance allegedly taken by security authorities has been found dead. Halim…
Bassem Youssef launches campaign for detainees, forced disappearance victims
Egypt
January 19, 2016
Bassem Youssef launches campaign for detainees, forced disappearance victims
Famous Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef launched a campaign ahead of the fifth anniversary of the January 25 revolution on Twitter to…
Interior Ministry informs rights council of 19 more disappearance cases
Egypt
January 17, 2016
Interior Ministry informs rights council of 19 more disappearance cases
The Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that it had informed the National Council for Human Rights of the whereabouts of…
Interior Ministry discloses whereabouts of 118 forcibly disappeared people: NCHR
Egypt
January 15, 2016
Interior Ministry discloses whereabouts of 118 forcibly disappeared people: NCHR
The Interior Ministry disclosed the whereabouts of 118 people who were allegedly subjected to forced disappearances in response to an…
Interior Ministry denies another forced disappearance after victim resurfaces
Egypt
January 3, 2016
Interior Ministry denies another forced disappearance after victim resurfaces
An Egyptian journalist appeared before prosecutors after briefly going missing following his arrest two days ago, while the Interior Ministry…
NCHR prepares list of 101 forced disappearance victims
Egypt
December 23, 2015
NCHR prepares list of 101 forced disappearance victims
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) is preparing a list with the names of forced disappearance victims that so…