Sweden/Egypt: Further information on Forcible Return/ Risk of Torture, Muhammad Muhammad Suleiman Ibrahim El-Zari, Ahmed Hussein Mustafa Kamil Agiza

Index Number: MDE 12/001/2002
Date Published: 10 January 2002
Categories: Egypt, Middle East And North Africa

Hanan Ahmed Fouad ‘Abd al-Khaleq has gone into hiding with her five children, fearing that the Swedish authorities are about to forcibly return them to Egypt. She has submitted a complaint to the United Nations Committee against Torture., arguing that Sweden has violated her rights under the Convention. Her husband Ahmed Hussein Mustafa Kamil Agiza was forcibly returned to Egypt on 18 December, together with Muhammad Muhammad Suleiman Ibrahim El-Zari.