Rizk was released a couple days ago without even being charged, the Egyptian government still hasn't explained why they detained him and the German government isn't too happy about that.

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His arrest and the government’s refusal to provide any information while he was in custody provoked a tremendous international response. The German government and legions of former and current classmates and professors rushed to the defense of Mr. Rizk, a dual Egyptian-German citizen who studied at Wheaton College in Illinois and is a graduate student at American University in Cairo.
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http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/02/12/world/12egypta.190.jpg
Source(s):
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/middleeast/12egypt.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/02/the-strange-spo.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/12/africa/12egypt.php


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