Mohamed ElBaradei, the former chief of the international atomic watchdog (pictured in the centre), is expected to make his first visit to the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Friday since his homecoming last February to commemorate a blogger whose family say was beaten to death by police. Baradei, an Egyptian Nobel laureate, will visit the family of Khaled Saeed, 28, and then join a silent protest against his alleged torture to death by police. On Wednesday a second autopsy report said that Saeed had died of asphyxia after choking on a joint. Saeed, an Internet activist, died outside a cybercafé in Alexandria earlier this month. His family and local eyewitnesses said two detectives had beaten him to death. The case has set off criticism from the local and international human rights groups, who blamed police for his death under the Emergency Law, which has been in force in Egypt since 1981. According to the latest forensic report, Saeed sustained "minor" injuries as a result of hitting "solid objects" while detectives were trying to restrain him. The Ministry of the Interior had earlier said in a statement that Saeed was an ex-convict and had died when he chocked on a joint he swallowed as police attempted to arrest him. Amnesty International described Saeed's killing as “brutal” and called for an immediate, full, and independent investigation into the case.
