Egypt: Further information fear of Torture / Fear for Safety for Yusri Ahmad Muhammad, surgeon, and his family

Index Number: MDE 12/033/2000
Date Published: 14 November 2000
Categories: Egypt, Middle East And North Africa

Amnesty International has learned that Yusri Ahmad Muhammad and his family have not been returned to Egypt, and are still in Kuwait. Following reports that they had been deported, Yusri Ahmad Muhammad's wife told a Kuwaiti national newspaper on 11 November that the family had not been returned to Egypt. She added that her husband was still in custody in Kuwait City, where he is still held for questioning, and that she had been able to visit him there.