Egypt on Thursday forcibly deported four Chechen students to Russia, where Amnesty International says they risk being tortured, but a traffic jam prevented police from getting a Chechen commander's son to the airport in time to join them.
Four students among dozens rounded up by security services on May 27 were put on a flight to Moscow.
But police transporting Maskhud Abdullayev, were caught up in a traffic jam and the youth did not reach the airport, a friend told AFP.
The rights group expressed concern on Wednesday that 22-year-old Maskhud Abdullayev would be tortured if sent back to Russia. He is the son of Supyan Abdullayev, the leader of an armed Chechen group opposed to Moscow's control of the region.
"A police officer took him to the airport but they were delayed on the way by a traffic jam and the plane had ...