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EGY - News
Egypt: Abdallah Hussein Released; Hundreds Still Disappeared
EGY - News | 17 April 2015
Alkarama welcomes the release, on 17 April 2015, of Abdallah Anwar Ahmed Hussein, a 56-year-old worker and father of three who had disappeared since his arrest by police officers three weeks earlier. Abdallah was released by the Egyptian authorities in the streets of Cairo around 1am and was able to contact his son who brought him back home. Still under the shock, Abdallah was not able to say where he had been detained in secret, but his relatives reported that his body bore signs of torture and ill-treatment.
Egypt: URGENT APPEAL – Enforced Disappearance of 4 Muslim Brotherhood Members, Including 2 Students
EGY - News | 13 April 2015
On 10 April 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the disappearances of four Egyptian citizens in late 2014 and early 2015, because of their alleged affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, a socio-political movement that continues to be the subject of a violent repression from the authorities. Their political opinions also put them at direct risk of being tortured or ill-treated while being secretly detained, or of being denied necessary medical treatment, a common practice in Egypt.
Egypt: URGENT APPEAL – Halt the Executions of 7 Men Sentenced to Death for Crimes that Occurred After their Abduction by State Security Forces
EGY - News | 09 April 2015
On 8 April 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, arbitrary and summary executions (SR SUMX), regarding the imminent execution of six Egyptian citizens sentenced to death for crime they could not have committed since they were secretly detained in the infamous Azouli military prison when the events occurred. Their sentencing, on 21 October 2014, follows a blatant unfair trial before the Supreme Military Court of Egypt during which seven people were sentenced to death, including one in absentia, and two others to life imprisonment.
Egypt: URGENT APPEAL - Torture and Arbitrary Detention of Egyptian News Network Journalist
EGY - News | 08 April 2015
On 2 April 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) regarding the case of Mohammed Ali Hassan, a 31 year-old Egyptian journalist working for Egyptian News Network (ENN). He has been subjected to various acts of torture since his arrest in December 2014 and is currently on an open-ended hunger strike, putting his life at risk.
Egypt: UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Urges State to Cooperate "Without Further Delay"
EGY - News | 30 March 2015
On 6 March 2015, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT), Juan E. Méndez issued its Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received, an Addendum to its Report to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in which the SRT provides observations on communications sent to States between 1 December 2013 and 30 November 2014. In light of Egypt's non-cooperation with his mandate, Mr. Méndez urged the Egyptian authorities to respond to the communications sent to them "without further delay."