FILE PHOTO: A general view of traffic jam after heavy rains in Cairo, Egypt, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's state-appointed human rights council has urged prosecutors to investigate whether an economic researcher who authorities say died after being interned in a psychiatric hospital was a victim of forced disappearance.
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) also said in a statement posted late on Monday that it was awaiting the result of an autopsy of the economist, Ayman Hadhoud, to see if he was subjected to torture before his death.
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