MONTREAL – Two men, doctor Tarek Loubani from London, Ontario and filmmaker John Greyson from Toronto, were detained on August 16 amid deadly riots in the Egyptian capital.
They were in Cairo trying to make their way to Gaza where Loubani was teaching emergency room medicine and Greyson was scoping out a documentary.
Their lawyer, Adam Khaled El Shalakany, has met with a senior Canadian Government official.
They will be appearing before a prosecutor Thursday afternoon to plead the case for their release.
Friends and family of the two men have taken to social media to put pressure on Egypt to releasing them.
They have also spent their time assembling the necessary paperwork to prove Loubani was there to train doctors and Greyson to take footage in the al-Shifa hospital.
Egyptian prosecutors have accused the two men of participating with members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Canadian Foreign Affairs officials have insisted the men were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Loubani and Greyson have been meeting with their lawyer all week.
Reports state they are in good condition.
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