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Egypt - Latest Press Releases
EGY - News
Egypt: Release of Dr Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar after 5 months arbitrary detention
EGY - News | 24 November 2009
At 1am on 20 November 2009, Security services released Dr Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar along with Khaled al-Sayed al-Beltagy and Ahmad Ali Abbas. Their release brings to a close the case of the "International Organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood" following the release of all 25 members of this group. Alkarama had previously submitted Dr Ghaffar's individual case to the Special Rapporteur (SRT) on Torture on 5 August 2009 and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on 27 October 2009, in the context of 112 Muslim Brotherhood members detained by Egyptian authorities between April and August 2009.
Egypt: Update - 22 Muslim Brotherhood detainees released
EGY - News | 18 November 2009
Alkarama has received news from inside Egypt of the release of several members of Muslim Brotherhood, some of whose cases Alkarama had previously submitted to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). On 27 October 2009, Alkarama submitted 112 cases to the WGAD, all in connection with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egypt: Al Shatter appeal against arbitrary detention rejected, despite WGAD opinion
EGY - News | 17 November 2009
The Egyptian Military Court of Appeals today rejected the appeal lodged by Mr. Khairat Al Shatter and 17 other leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood against sentences ranging from 3 to 10 years issued against them by Egypt's Supreme Military Court on 15 April 2008. This decision to maintain the 18 individuals in detention is in contradiction with the Opinion adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on 12 September 2008 which states:
Egypt: Incommunicado detention, torture and forced confessions for 22 prisoners accused of belonging to Hezbollah
EGY - News | 16 November 2009
In a message released on 23 October 2009, the 22 detainees accused of belonging to the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah asserted that "state security intelligence has detained and tortured us in different ways ranging from the use of electricity on all parts of our bodies, to forcing us to stand all night, to threatening to bring our mothers, children and brothers and subject them to torture while forcing us to listen." Arrested between December 2008 and April 2009, the detainees were taken to Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI) headquarters in Nasr City, Cairo, where they were tortured, coerced into forced confessions and held in incommunicado until June 2009.
Egypt: Two Muslim Brotherhood student activists arrested for their political views
EGY - News | 13 November 2009
On Wednesday 4 November 2009, two university students were summoned by the police on fabricated charges. They were known at the university for their political activism in favor of the Egyptian opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood. The two students were taken to al-Mansoura police station on 5 November 2009, but a court ordered their release on 7 November 2009. However, the State Security Prosecution issued a warrant for their arrest on 9 November 2009 and they were immediately transferred to Wadi al-Natroun prison - where they remain to date.