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EGY - News

Egypt: Egyptian Colonel risks torture following kidnapping

EGY - News | 27 December 2010
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Ayman Ahmed Salem, 40, a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Egyptian Military Forces was recently disappeared from an unknown location. Beginning 3 December 2010, Mr Salem began publishing politically-motivated articles on the internet criticising the Egyptian government. He also sent a mass e-mail accusing the regime of corruption and calling upon all Egyptian citizens to perform a mass non-violent protest against the government.

Egypt: Nizar Abdelhalem Held Incommunicado Despite Judicial Release Orders

EGY - News | 09 December 2010
Mr Nizar Abdelhalem, aged 49 years and married with children, was arrested on 19 May 2010 after presenting himself to the State Security Intelligence (SSI) Services. Since this date, Mr Abdelhalem has been detained incommunicado, despite two judicial orders from competent court for his release.

Egypt: Sudanese Refugee Brutally Tortured by Nasr City Security Services

EGY - News | 04 November 2010
Mr Adam Khalil Haouli, a 37 year old Sudanese refugee living in Egypt since May 2002 was arrested by Egyptian security forces on of 30 December 2009 and brutally tortured for 82 days.

Egypt: Five Men Tortured in Secret Detention at Nasr City Intelligence Headquarters

EGY - News | 12 October 2010
Mohamed Alsaid Abdelghany, Ahmed Maghawry, Ramy Maghawry, Mohamed Abdelhamid, and Osama Awadeen were arrested on 15 July 2010 at their respective homes by agents of State Security Intelligence (SSI). They were taken to the SSI's Al-Mansoura headquarters and then eventually transferred to the SSI headquarters in Nasr City, where they were secretly detained and tortured.

Egypt: Student held in secret detention more than a year

EGY - News | 18 October 2010
Mohamed Al Aryan Aouda, a 19 year old Egyptian student from the Directorate of Ismailia, was arrested from his home by members of the Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI) on 16 August 2009 and his family has been unable to ascertain the location of his current place of detention or his fate since then.

Morocco - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Ratified on 03.05.1979
Optional Protocol: No

Last State report: Overdue since 07.07.2015
Last concluding observations: 01.12.2004

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Ratified on 21.06.1993
Optional Protocol: Accessed on 24.11.2014
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): Yes

Last State report: 30.06.2013
Last concluding observations: 21.12.2011

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

CED: Ratified on 14.05.2013
Art. 33 (Inquiry procedure): Yes

State report: Overdue since 14.06.2015
Last concluding observations: N/A

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2012 (2nd cycle)
Next review: -

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme (CNDH) – Status A

Last review: 10.2010
Next review: 11.2015