The Supreme State Security Prosecution of Egypt has announced the detention of 38 individuals who had been forcibly disappeared for varying durations. The detainees were brought to the prosecution’s headquarters, interrogated, and remanded for 15 days pending investigations.
The charges levelled against them include “broadcasting and publishing false news and statements,” “joining a terrorist group and aiding its objectives,” “misusing social media platforms,” “using the internet to promote crimes,” and “financing and encouraging violence.”
Among those detained are Ahmed Bardouli Mahmoud, Ahmed Basyouni Ahmed, Ahmed Zakaria Abdel Qawi, and Mohamed Abdel Sadek Bahjat, as well as several others whose families had filed complaints with the Public Prosecutor, reporting their enforced disappearances after arrests by security authorities.
In a separate decision on the same day, the prosecution renewed the detention of journalist Ahmed Bayoumi for 15 days. Bayoumi faces charges including “membership in a terrorist group” and “committing a funding crime.”
The families of the detained individuals have raised concerns over the enforced disappearances and the lack of due process, urging Egyptian authorities to provide clarity on their whereabouts and legal proceedings.
