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Justice for Dr. Seif Fateen

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 17, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to demand justice for Dr. Seif Fateen, an MIT-educated professor who has been unjustly detained in Egypt since 2018.

Dr. Fateen served in Egypt's Ministry of Education before the government was overthrown in a coup in 2013. His home was later raided without a warrant, and he was arrested.

For the last 6 years, he has been held without a trial date despite an Egyptian law that sets a 2-year maximum for pretrial detention. Dr. Fateen has experienced various forms of mistreatment, torture, and near-total isolation during his detention, and he continues to be denied basic due process.

I thank Dr. Fateen's family, who live in Redmond, Washington, in my district, for bringing his case to my attention.

I recently met with the Egyptian Ambassador to advocate for Dr. Fateen, and I will continue to demand justice so that he can be reunited with his family as soon as possible.

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