OTTAWA – Two Canadians arrested in Egypt and held without charge since mid-August will be detained for another two weeks.
Friends of Tarek Loubani and John Greyson say the men have been moved to a less crowded cell but were told today by the district prosecutor’s office that they’ll remain under lock and key for another 15 days.
They’ve been held for a full month without any charges being laid.
Loubani, a doctor from London, Ont., and Greyson, a Toronto university professor and filmmaker, were detained Aug. 16 during deadly riots in Cairo.
The two were en route to Gaza, where Loubani planned to teach emergency-room medicine and Greyson was considering producing a documentary.
Canadian foreign affairs officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the extended detention, but have said it appears the men were in the wrong place at the wrong time when they were detained.
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