Friends, relatives and supporters for graduate student Philip Rizk gathered outside the Humanities and Social Sciences building Sunday afternoon, demanding The American University in Cairo's board of trustees press for his release from Egyptian authoritie
State security have left the Rizk home, but remain on the stairs of their home, leaving his parents and sisters in fear over their intentions for Phillip.
Philip Rizk, a 26-year-old student of Middle Eastern studies at the American University in Cairo, was detained Friday and his whereabouts is unknown, said anti-torture activist Aida Seif El Dawla.
The absurdity of the situation is beyond all imagination: it is actually less dangerous today to go to stairs of the press syndicate and shout "down with Mubarak" than doing a peaceful march in solidarity with the Palestinians.