When Australian Hazem Hamouda was whisked from Cairo airport to the notorious Tora prison, his daughter had no idea where he was – or that she’d spend the next year trying to get him out

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Hazem Hamouda will never forget the emptiness of Cairo airport on the day he was imprisoned by the Egyptian authorities in 2018.

The Brisbane father of six had arrived to his homeland to see his Australian-born daughter Lamisse, who was studying at the American University in Cairo. The duo planned to holiday with family. But as Hamouda stood at the customs counter trying to establish his identity, a plainclothes security officer appeared quietly at his side.

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.