EGY - News

Egypt: Secret Detention and Torture of a Father And His Son in Nasr City

EGY - News | 28 October 2015

On 27 October 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) regarding the arrests, in September 2015, of Magdy Ahmed Abdelmoaty El Husseini and his son Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Abdelmoaty El Husseini, by the General Investigations Services. Secretly detained for five days, the two men reported having been repeatedly tortured by officers before being charged with "affiliation to a banned group" by the public prosecutor and brought back to Nasr City police station where they remain detained to date and at high risk of torture and ill-treatment.

Egypt: New Prison Law Creates Breeding Ground for Abuses and Restricts Prisoners' Rights

EGY - News | 27 October 2015

On 26 October 2015, Alkarama sent a letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and the Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) regarding the adoption by the Egyptian authorities of new restrictive amendments to Law n°396 of 1956 on Prisons Regulations. While the rights of prisoners in Egypt were already insufficiently protected under the previous law, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi puts them even more in jeopardy by enacting law n°105 of 2015. These amendments give prison personnel the right to torture and ill-treat prisoners, while restricting the rights of their relatives and providing new penalties against detainees.

Egypt: Journalist Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison Following Unfair Trial, Torture and Ill-treatment

EGY - News | 15 October 2015

On 15 October 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of 29-year-old journalist Mohamed Salahaddin Madani Mahmoud, arrested in March 2014, secretly detained and tortured in the aim of making him confess to crimes, and referred to the Alexandria Military Court that sentenced him to 7 years in prison.

Egypt: Repetitive Torture and Arbitrary Detention of 3 Brothers Including a Minor Sentenced to Life in Prison in Absentia

EGY - News | 09 October 2015

On 8 October 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the detention of three brothers aged between 17 and 28 arbitrarily detained since their respective arrests on 14 and 15 April 2014. Tortured on several occasions and accused under trumped-up charges, the three brothers were sentenced in absentia by Mansoura Criminal Court on 19 January 2015. While their next retrial hearing is scheduled for 19 October 2015, they remain at risk of torture in Gamasa police station and Dikirnis Juvenile Center.

Egypt: Enforced Disappearances of Two Young Brothers Since 13 September 2015

EGY - News | 07 October 2015

On 5 October 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent action to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the arrest and subsequent disappearance, on 13 September 2015, of two young brothers, Anas and Azzam Magdy Abdelfattah Mahmoud Allam, by the Homeland Security and the General Investigations Department. Although the two brothers, respectively aged 21 and 23 are at high risk of torture during their secret detention, the authorities have so far failed to investigate their disappearances.

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