For the ninth day running, the Egyptian government has kept journalist Wael Abdel Ghani under forced disappearance.
Wael Abdel Ghani was detained by Egyptian security forces on September 19 outside his home and taken to an unidentified detention facility.
According to family sources, security forces later stormed and violently searched his home, seizing a laptop and some cell phones.
Journalist Wael Abdel Ghani’s ongoing forced disappearance has confirmed that press freedom and the profession of journalism are in danger, calling for an international intervention to stop such grave abuses.
More than 45 journalists are detained by the Egyptian authorities, including five women: Manal Ajrama, Safaa Al-Korbiji, Hala Fahmy, Dina Samir, and Alia Awad.
While 13 journalists were found guilty, 29 journalists are still being held in custody pending their trials.
11 journalists who are currently being held in custody are members of the journalism trade union, including Ahmed Subaie (Afaq Arabiya newspaper), Badr Muhammad Badr (Al-Dawa magazine/Afaq Arabiya), Hussein Ali Ahmed Karim (Al-Hurriya wa Al-Adala newspaper), Rabie Abdel Wahed Al-Sheikh (Al-Youm Al-Sabea), Safaa Al-Korbiji (Radio and Television Magazine), Mustafa Al-Khatib (Freedom and Justice), Karim Ibrahim Sayed (Al-Bawaba News), Mahmoud Saad Diab (Al-Ahram), Manal Mohamed Ajrama (Radio and Television), Mohsen Al-Sayyid Youssef Rady (Al-Dawa Magazine), Bahaa Neamatallah (Al-Jazeera Live).
