Reda Helal
Reda Helal (
political activist, and a founding member of the Cairo Peace Society (CPS), a Copenhagen criteria
support group.
Disappearance
Helal disappeared en route from Al-Ahram's offices to his home in
American Embassy and the Egyptian Museum
.
On the day of his disappearance Helal's family presented a complaint about it to Sayyeda Zeinab police station. Human rights groups and activists, as well as a number of journalists, have pressured the Egyptian government over the incident.
Current development
In a response from the Interior Ministry to Talaat Sadat, The Ministry of Interior affirmed that no truth yet on the missing journalist case.[1]
See also
- List of people who disappeared
References
- Almasry Alyoum(14/10/2007)
External links
- Website created for search of Reda Helal
- The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) (20/6/2005) report "Egyptian journalists .. Fettered pens, continued prosecution and sexual assault"
- U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005 - Egypt - March 2006
- Example of his views on Arab regimes and the need for 'Regime change'