German authorities have confirmed allegations that a 23-year-old German-Egyptian student was detained by Egyptian authorities according to German news outlet, Deutsche Welle. The news of the Göttingen-originating student Mahmoud Aziz, who was detained in Cairo airport on the 27 of December while traveling with his brother Malik Aziz, was confirmed by German Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Adelbahr. According to Adelbahr, German authorities have been unable to see or access Mahmoud, and no reason has been given for the student’s arrest. The detention of both individuals has been confirmed by Thilo Schröter, First Secretary of the German embassy who told Egyptian Streets that ”the German embassy [in] Cairo has received confirmation that the two individuals are in custody of egyptian authorities.” ”The embassy continues to seek consular access and will continue to follow up on the cases,” added Schröter. Both brothers, dual citizens of Egypt and Germany, were en route to visiting family in Cairo; they had failed from the city of Medina (Saudi Arabia) where they were enrolled in an Islamic studies program. The men are descended from a German mother and an Egyptian father. According to independent outlet MadaMasr, the German…
German Foreign Ministry: Egyptian-German Students Detention Confirmed
January 10, 2019
