Mansour El-Kekhia
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Mansour Rashid Kikhia (د. منصور الكيخيا) is a former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1972-1973), Libyan Ambassador to the United Nations
, Permanent Libyan Representative to the United Nations, and later an opposition figure to Libya's strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi
, and human rights activist.
and Kikhia cases has raised widespread suspicion about the involvement of high ranking Egyptian officials. Dr. Kikhia's lawyer does not rule out Libyan and US involvement in his disappearance. 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.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Libya)
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(1972-1973), Libyan Ambassador to the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, Permanent Libyan Representative to the United Nations, and later an opposition figure to Libya's strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...
, and human rights activist.
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. A four-year investigation conducted by the CIA produced convincing evidence that Egyptian agents staged the abduction and then handed over al-Kikhia to the Libyan authorities, who executed him.Egyptian government accusations
The striking similarity between Reda HelalReda Helal
Reda Helal is an Egyptian journalist. He was deputy editor of Al-Ahram newspaper until 11 August 2003 when he disappeared in a presumed kidnapping...
and Kikhia cases has raised widespread suspicion about the involvement of high ranking Egyptian officials. Dr. Kikhia's lawyer does not rule out Libyan and US involvement in his disappearance. 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.
External links
- "Egyptian appeals court fines Ministry of the Interior over al-Kekhya's protection," ArabicNews.com (2/23/1999).
- Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, "Moral Isolation of the Egyptian Ruler," Ibn khaldun center for development studies.