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The death has once again raised concern at the treatment of detainees in Egyptian prisons [Getty]
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Egypt detainee death adds to mounting rights violations

Khalil Abu Heba died in police custody comes as new rights reports document disappearances, torture and over 1,200 deaths in Egypt's prisons.

The New Arab Staff
11 December, 2025
The report exposed several facilities where Syrians were systematically killed by the Assad regime [Getty]
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Damascus Dossier outrages Syria with details of prison killings

The New Arab Staff
05 December, 2025
MENA is one of the hotspots of enforced disappearances, with hundreds of thousands disappeared in the past decade alone
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Rights groups condemn enforced disappearances in MENA

The New Arab Staff
31 August, 2025
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Egypt releases 8 detainees six years after forced disappearance

The New Arab Staff
18 June, 2025
Syria
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

From Pakistan to Syria: The purgatory of enforced disappearances

Dr Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi

08 January, 2025
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Lebanon asks to join UN body to find Syria disappeared

The New Arab Staff
11 August, 2023
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In Pakistan, enforced disappearances silence dissent

Ifra Javed
26 July, 2023
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In the chaos of war, a desperate search for Sudan's missing

Marc Español
13 July, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Two detainees reportedly die of medical negligence in Egypt

Thaer Mansour
16 May, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Amnesty calls on Egypt to free14 local rights members

Thaer Mansour
01 March, 2023
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Syria
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The fight to establish a UN mechanism for Syria's missing

Ibtisam Azem
29 November, 2022
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt had at least 60,000 political prisoners: NYT

Thaer Mansour
19 July, 2022
Syria
MENA
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UN demands accountability over Syria mass disappearances

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 July, 2021
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Kurdish Regional Government
MENA
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Iraqis 'forcibly disappeared' by Kurdish forces, says HRW

The New Arab
21 December, 2017
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UAE
MENA
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UAE, Egypt must reveal whereabouts of missing prisoner: HRW

The New Arab
21 November, 2017
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students
MENA
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Egyptian students 'kidnapped by security forces'

The New Arab
11 February, 2016
Massouni Twiotter
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MENA
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#WhereIsMassouny: Enforced disappearances continue in Egypt

The New Arab
01 October, 2015