CAIRO - An Egyptian human rights activist who was missing for 10 days will appear before a local prosecutor, his wife said Friday. The rights group he works for said it believes his arrest is the latest targeting of human rights workers by the government. His employer, the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, has said that his disappearance is meant to “terrorize” human rights activists. Earlier this year, another colleague, researcher Ibrahim Ezzeddine, was missing for over five months before he surfaced in the office of the state security prosecutors to face charges of spreading false news. Since becoming president, el-Sissi has overseen an unprecedented crackdown, silencing critics and jailing thousands.

Source: thestar December 20, 2019 13:21 UTC