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Hassan Nafea reveals he was barred from travel at Cairo airport and calls on the prosecutor general to intervene

Cairo, Egypt ·

Hassan Nafea, a political science professor at Cairo University, said he was stopped from travelling at Cairo airport after completing check-in and receiving his boarding pass, when a security officer told him a decision barred him from leaving the country.

Egyptian authorities have used travel bans against some critics and public figures, a practice that rights groups have criticised.

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