Currently detained at Tora prison, he continues to suffer ill-treatment and is denied medical care for his wound.

Alkarama submitted an urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture on his behalf today.

Mr Mohnad Hassan, 19 year-old university student was shot in the leg by the military during a protest in front of the Council of Ministers in downtown Cairo on 16 December 2011. Clashes between the protesters and the military resulted in the killing of five protesters and over a thousand injured.

While receiving treatment for his gunshot wound at Al Hilal Hospital, Hassan submitted a complaint against Field Marshal Tantawy, head of Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), in which he complained about the excessive use of force and violations against peaceful protesters, and accused the military of shooting him in the leg.

After his release from hospital on 29 December 2011, Hassan was summoned on 9 January 2012 by Al Azbakeya police officers to provide testimony on what had happened during the protest. However, this turned out to be a trap. Instead he was accused of attacking the military, and had fabricated photos taken of him. Even worse, he remained in detention for three days at the Cairo Security Department in secret detention, during which police officers denied his detention and told his family and lawyers that they did not know his whereabouts. He was tortured until his transfer to Tora Prison including being denied water and food for three days and having his hands and legs tied together for very long periods. He was then forced to sign falsified minutes of his interrogations.

Three days later, on 12 January 2012 Hassan was transferred to Tora Prison, where he remains detained to date. Since his transfer, he continued to be ill-treated and tortured by being beaten. In addition, he is also deprived from taking his medicine prescribed after his injury and his request to be transferred to the prison hospital was rejected.

Concerned for Hassan's safety, Alkarama submitted an urgent appeal on his behalf calling for all torture and ill-treatment of Hassan to stop immediately and that he receives required medical care.

As set out by the Convention against Torture's article 15, the Egyptian authorities must refrain from using any coerced confession in any legal proceedings against Mr Hassan. In addition, he should be tried or released shortly, given that international law requires individuals to be presented to a judicial authority according to paragraph (c) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.