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  • NameIbrahim Metwally Hegazy
  • RoleHuman rights lawyer; co-founder and coordinator of the Association of the Families of the Disappeared
  • CountryEgypt
  • Arrested22 Oct 2019
  • StatusDetained (pretrial)
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Egyptian human rights lawyer detained at Cairo airport in September 2017 while travelling to brief the UN on enforced disappearances. Held in pre-trial detention for over eight years through serial case-rotation, he has been on trial since June 2025.

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