The Egyptian Public Prosecution on Monday issued a statement denying any criminal suspicion in the death of Ayman Hadhoud, an economic researcher and member of the Supreme Authority of the Reform and Development Party. Its statement iterated that his death was due to “a chronic heart condition”. Egyptian and international human rights organizations called for an investigation into the incident, in light of the controversy surrounding the circumstances of the death of Hadhoud, whose family said he had disappeared since February. They only learned earlier in April of his death in the Abbasiya Psychiatric Hospital in March. The Public Prosecution completed investigation procedures into the incident after issuing its first statement on the matter on April 12.

Source: Egypt Independent April 19, 2022 16:49 UTC