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EGY - News
Egypt: Dr. Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar’s detention prolonged for the sixth time
EGY - News | 17 September 2009
On 15 September 2009, Dr. Abdel Ghaffar's detention was prolonged for a further 15 day period. The 6th such extension since his arrest on 2 July 2009.
Egypt: Abdullah Awad, held for 2 months incommunicado, tortured by SSI
EGY - News | 11 September 2009
Abdullah Awad was arrested on 25 March 2009 at his home in Al-Arish, northern Sinai, by State Security Intelligence (SSI) and held incommunicado for 2 months at their headquarters in Nasr City, Cairo, during which time he was brutally tortured.
Egypt: Reappearance of the two Egyptian teachers who disappeared on 1 September 2009
EGY - News | 15 September 2009
Alkarama has learned that the two teachers, Ghannam Said Mahmoud and Alaa Issa, who were disappeared by the Egyptian State Security Intelligence from Al-Arish on 1 September 2009, reappeared on 10 September 2009. On the same date, they were detained under an administrative order by the Minister of Interior and transferred to Wadi Natroun Prison #2.
Egypt: Mr Magdi Marei beaten to death by police
EGY - News | 07 September 2009
The lifeless body of Mr Magdi Marei was thrown from a police car on 11 July 2009 near the village of Arimon in Al-Beheira Governorate, in the northwest of Egypt. Previous to this, several of his family members were brutalized and part of his brother's house was demolished.
Egypt: Two torture victims held in Al-Arish
EGY - News | 08 September 2009
Alkarama has received information from Egypt regarding two individuals arrested on 1 September 2009, currently held incommunicado at State Security Intelligence (SSI) headquarters in Al-Arish, Northern Sinai.
