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#Ibrahim Metwally

Egypt's High State Security Prosecution ordered the detention of rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, who investigates alleged cases of enforced disappearance, for 15 days pending investigation. Metwally is detained on charges of spreading false news and establishing an illegal group called "Association of the Families of the Disappeared". He is also a part of a legal team representing the family of Giulio Regeni, an Italian student who was murdered in Cairo in 2016. The Rights Lawyer was arrested on Sunday while at…