Egyptian human rights organization calls for ending coercive disappearance

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights called for serious procedures to end "coercive disappearance," saying that citizens are exposed to this practice after being arrested by security bodies.

In a report issued today about this practice, the organization said the number of disappearances in Egypt reached 31 during the last five years, then Hafez Abu Seda, the organization's secretary general, added that most of the cases took place immediately after the detention of those who disappeared including 23 persons who were known to belong to Islamic extremist groups or who were suspected of belonging to these groups.

The organization's secretary general confirmed that the report on "coercive disappearance" was set up in cooperation with the United Nations group concerned with this practice, within discussing cases of "coercive disappearance" all over the world.