A young Egyptian woman which a recent BBC report alleged had been \u201cforcibly disappeared\u201d in Egypt appeared on television on Monday night, where she refuted claims that she had been \u201ckidnapped by authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to her interview with renowned TV anchor Amr Adib, broadcast on the privately-run ONTV, 25-year old Zubeida Ibrahim Younis denied the authenticity of claims of \u201cforced disappearance\u201d she allegedly encountered, as claimed in the BBC\u2019s \u201cThe Shadow Over Egypt\u201d report published on Friday.<\/p>\n
The 5,000\u2013word BBC article came with a video in which BBC reporter Orla Guerin conducted interviews with families of alleged victims of torture and enforced disappearance by security services.<\/p>\n
In the report, Zubeida\u2019s mother said that her daughter had \u201cforcibly disappeared,\u201d in what was believed to be an act committed by security services. However, Zubeida denied her mother\u2019s BBC testimony, saying that she had abandoned her mother due to their disharmony regarding disputes.<\/p>\n
Zubeida explained that she is married and is staying with her husband in Giza\u2019s Faisal district.<\/p>\n
She admitted that she and her mother had both previously been detained together, however, she denied any reports of torture or electrocution by security personnel.<\/p>\n
Revealing the reasons behind her detention, Zubeida explained that her sole detention lasted four months with her mother at the women\u2019s Segan Al-Qanater prison, after police arrested them from Abdel Moneim Riyadh square, where they were participating in a protest.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the protest is tied to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), we were supporters of this group,\u201d she said<\/p>\n
She affirmed that her husband, who is a football coach, was a sympathizer and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood\u2019s Freedom and Justice Party. Zubeida also revealed that her mother was once a guest on an MB channel, and claimed her daughter had been kidnapped and tortured.<\/p>\n
Elaborating on her mother\u2019s relation to the MB, she explained that her mother participated in the islamists\u2019 2013 Nahda sit-in camp for 10 days.<\/p>\n
Zubeida stressed that there was no \u201cpressure\u201d from security authorities to refute claims of mistreatment in detention.<\/p>\n
In response to the BBC report, which addressed Egypt\u2019s human rights conditions and alleged torture, Egypt\u2019s official State Information Service (SIS) said that the report contains \u201clies and allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the SIS statement, it requested to summon the head of the BBC\u2019s office in Egypt to receive an official letter of response on the report. It also called on the BBC to adopt a stance to address the alleged flagrant professional violations of its correspondent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe author of the report, Orla Guerin aimed to impose her biased personal views and impressions through the report, she committed violations to internationally recognized professional norms, and those of the BBC itself,\u201d the SIS statement read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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