The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concluded that Egypt’s 19-month detention of political economist, researcher and author, Dr Abdel Khaleq Farouq, is arbitrary and violates his rights to liberty, to freedom of opinion and expression, to a fair trial and to non-discrimination. Adopting its Opinion No. 19/2026 on 29 March 2026 – following a joint communication by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) and the Committee for Justice (CFJ) – the WGAD called on Egypt to immediately release Dr Farouq and to accord him an enforceable right to compensation and
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