An Australian-Egyptian citizen has been reported missing in one Egyptian prison when he was to be set free after one year of detention for alleged support for outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organization, his family has said. They accused Hamouda of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and of spreading false news on social media, his family in the city of Brisbane told reporters. Egypt’s top Prosecutor ordered his release last week but the Australian did not turn up at police station, ABC news reports. His family and lawyers called on Egyptian authorities to provide information on Hamouda’s whereabouts. “There is no lawful basis for his continued detention.”Egyptian authorities have criminalized sympathy for the Muslim Brotherhood.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 22, 2019 14:26 UTC