[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H5242-H5243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      JUSTICE FOR DR. SEIF FATEEN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Washington (Ms. DelBene) for 5 minutes.
  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

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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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