Mansour El-Kekhia

Dr. Mansour Fathi El-Kekhia, is a former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and later an opposition figure to Libya’s strongman Mu’amar Qaddafi, and human rights activist [ Dr Saad Eddin Ibrahim,2000, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies [http://www.eicds.org/english/publications/saadarticles/2003/caseofamissingjournalist.htm] ] .

Disappearance in Egypt

In 1993, eyewitnesses at the time reported that he was abducted by three men in a black limousine with diplomatic license plate a few yards from the Cairo Hotel Safir where he was staying. Neither the Egyptian nor the Libyan authorities have issued reports or claimed responsibility regarding this forced disappearance, ever [ Egyptian court issues judgment for Egyptian Ministry of Interior on compensation for Mansour El-Kekhya disappearance 4/8/1999 Arabic News.com [http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/990408/1999040856.html] ] . The case has remained a mystery.

Egyptian government accusations

The striking similarity between Reda Helal and Kekhia cases has raised widespread suspicion about the involvement of high ranking Egyptian officials Al Kikhya's lawyer does not rule out Libyan and US involvement in his disappearance [ (10/28/1997)Arabic News.com [http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/971028/1997102837.html] ] .The recent arrest in London of a highly respected Egyptian engineer, Professor Momdouh Hamza, has implicated four top Egyptian officials with close ties to the Mubarak family and re-opened the rumor mill in Cairo. For years Egyptians have heard of forced disappearance of public figures elsewhere in the region (e.g. Iraq, Syria and Libya) but not their own.

References

ee also

* Reda helal

External links

* Egypian appeals court fines Ministry of the Interior over al-Kekhya's protection (2/23/1999) [http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/990223/1999022328.html]
* Moral Isolation of the Egyptian Ruler, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim ibn khaldun center for development studies [http://www.eicds.org/english/publications/saadarticles/2004/moralisolationofegyptianruler.htm]