In Egypt, the 'disappeared' resurface on TV as 'terrorists'

Suhayb Saad, an activist who rights groups say was taken by security forces and forced to confess on TV his membership of a terrorist cell, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, stands behind bars with other co-defendants as they wait to listen the ruling at a court in Cairo June 23, 2014. Picture taken June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

CAIRO (Reuters) - Plainclothes Egyptian state security officers pounced on Suhayb Saad as he left a Cairo restaurant in June.

They blindfolded the activist and his two dining companions, a student and a photojournalist, and drove them away in a white minivan in what relatives and rights groups describe as enforced disappearances.