Fears rise for exiled dissidents as deportations to Egypt from allies across the region increase

June 22nd, 2022

Awake Goy

Sudanese protesters gather in the busy Jabra district of southern Khartoum on November 25, 2021 [ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images]

Over the weekend Sudanese authorities handed over 21 government dissidents to the Egyptian authorities, accusing them of taking part in a terror act in the Jabra neighbourhood of Khartoum. Their deportation has received widespread concern from rights activists, particularly as one of the men, Muhammad Ibrahim, was deported along with his wife, three sons and three daughters. Human rights groups have said the deported Egyptians had been tried in absentia in politically motivated cases and that it is widely known what will happen to them back home. There is well documented evidence that outspoken Egyptians are subject to a raft of abuses including forcible disappearance, torture and lack of due process. Egyptian journalist living in Turkiye, Haytham Abokhalil, told MEMO: […] Source

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