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Egypt - Latest Press Releases
EGY - News
Egypt: Dr Abdel Ghaffar arbitrarily detained, risk of torture
EGY - News | 10 August 2009
Dr Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Secretary General of the Egyptian Medical Association, was arrested on 2 July 2009 at the Cairo airport on his way to Turkey. Since then he has been arbitrarily detained, tortured and has been unable to receive his necessary medical treatment.
Egypt: Sudanese scholar Sheikh Al Hadj secretly detained and tortured
EGY - News | 21 July 2009
Alkarama was informed of the situation of Sheikh Messad Bachir Ali Al Hadj, aged 65, a Sudanese national, is currently hospitalized in Khartoum following 15 days of secret detention and torture by the Egyptian Security Services after his arrest at Cairo Airport on 22 June 2009.
Egypt: A new campaign of multiple arrests in Al-Bahira governorate
EGY - News | 16 June 2009
Alkarama was informed of the arrest of 25 people by agents of the Egyptian security services on 17 May 2009. All are accused of belonging to the banned group of the Muslim Brotherhood. All have been tortured and are being detained in Sahrawi 2 prison in Wadi Al-Natroun.
Egypt: Fares Barakat thrown from 4th floor by Security Services, held incommunicado, life in danger
EGY - News | 08 June 2009
On 17 May 2009, Fares Barakat suffered serious injuries after being thrown from the fourth floor of an apartment building by an officer of the Egyptian Security Services. He is currently imprisoned at the National Medical Institute in Damanhour.
Egypt: Whereabouts of 17 prisoners leaked by released prisoners
EGY - News | 16 May 2009
Between 1992 and 1997, 17 people disappeared after being arrested by agents of the General Directorate for State Security Investigations. Amongst the 17 who remain in custody were several men who were released soon after initial questioning. It was these men who eventually managed to contact the families of the missing persons to inform them that they had seen their loved ones at the Investigative Bureau Headquarters in Lazoghli, Cairo.