EGY - News
Egypt: the arrest of a group of imams, Kafr El-Sheikh March 31, 2010
1. Sheikh Abdul Fattah Farag - Bila Center
2. Sheikh Abdul Muqtadir Abdul Karim Abdul Muqtadir - Al-Nitaq village
3. Sheikh Abdullah Hammad - Al-Kafr Al-Jadid
Egypt: Human rights activist and journalist, Hamdi Taha arrested in Aswan
Egypt: Despite WGAD Opinion from September 2008, Khirat Al-Shatar and 3 others remain detained; health deteriorating
In September 2008, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), a group of independent experts mandated by the Human Rights Council to investigate situations of people detained illegally, adopted Opinion 27/2008 regarding the case of Khirat Al-Shatar and 26 other individuals detained in Egypt. The Working Group found their detention to be arbitrary and called on the Egyptian Government to release all those still in detention. Nineteen months later, Khirat Al-Shatar, now aged 59 and suffering from serious health problems, remains detained in Tora prison in Cairo, along with 3 other individuals mentioned in this Opinion.