Egypt: Prisoner With Apparent Brain Tumor Denied Care

Beirut — Death Sentence Following Forced Disappearance, Unfair Trial, Alleged Torture

Egyptian authorities are denying medical care to a death row prisoner with an apparent brain tumor, following a forced disappearance and an unfair trial, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Egyptian authorities detained the prisoner, Ahmed al-Waleed al-Shal, in 2014 shortly after he graduated from medical school at age 24. He was convicted in a mass trial for alleged involvement in a violent attack, and