FEDA calls on Egypt authorities to reveal the fate of those forcibly disappeared

On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, which is observed on 30th August, the Families of Egyptian Detainees Association (FEDA) have called upon the Egyptian authorities provide information about the fate of their family members who have been disappeared.  A press statement by the group says dozens of Egyptian families are continuing to search for relatives who were arrested or went missing years ago—”in some cases as long as thirteen years—without their families being able to determine their fate or whereabouts.” The affected families have never stopped searching for their loved ones in police stations, detention facilities, prisons, hospitals and forensic medicine facilities, but their efforts have so far proved fruitless. The relevant authorities […]