Egypt: Case of missing editor still unresolved after five years

The Committee to Protect Journalists is dismayed by the failure of the Egyptian authorities to shed light on the disappearance of a prominent journalist, five years ago, in one of the most secure districts in Cairo. Reda Helal, a senior editor at Egypt's leading state-owned daily "Al-Ahram," mysteriously vanished on August 11, 2003, on his way home from work in a heavily guarded area in the center of the Egyptian capital.