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The Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Committee on Tuesday condemned the forced disappearance of journalist Yasser Sayed Abu Al-Ela. Security forces detained Abu Al-Ela, a member of the organisation’s general assembly, at his home last month. Since then there has been no information about his whereabouts. Abu Al-Ela was arrested over a previous case dating back to 2015, which was being heard by the terrorism court, The New Arab’s sister publication, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reported. The journalist did not show up to his trial session this week, raising further alarm on his whereabouts. His family and…

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