Ibrahim Metwaly Hegazy is an Egyptian lawyer and
human rights
Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...
activist and a member of the
Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) ( ar, المفوضية المصرية للحقوق و الحريات, al-Mafwaḍiyyah al-Miṣriyyah lil-Ḥuqūq wal-Ḥurrīyāt) is an Egyptian human rights organisation based in Cairo. T ...
. In September 2017, Metwaly was detained by the Egyptian security services. He had been investigating the death in Egypt of the Italian student
Giulio Regeni. On 10 September 2017, Metwaly was thrown into
Tora Prison
Tora Prison ( arz, سجن طره '; ) is an Egyptian prison complex for criminal and political detainees, located in Tora, Egypt. The complex is situated in front of the Tora El Balad metro station. The main buildings in the Tora Prison complex a ...
.
His detention was criticised by the governments of the UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
See also
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List of solved missing person cases
Lists of solved missing person cases include:
* List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000
* List of solved missing person cases: post-2000
See also
* List of kidnappings
* List of murder convictions without a body
* List of people who dis ...
References
2010s missing person cases
Egyptian human rights activists
21st-century Egyptian lawyers
Formerly missing people
Living people
Missing person cases in Egypt
Year of birth missing (living people)
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