Canadian Mohamed El Attar in court in Cairo on Feb. 28, 2007. Majed El Shafie, founder of the humanitarian organization One Free World International, said in an interview with the Star. El Shafie was tortured in a different Egyptian jail, and visited Tora Prison as a law student. Standing with El Shafie Thursday will be Andy Ellis, a former assistant director for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. “I was convinced he would be acquitted,” Ibrahim Bassiouni, the Egyptian lawyer who represented El Attar, told Ross.

Source: thestar March 09, 2017 10:52 UTC