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Alkarama and the Arab Commission on Human Rights had asked, on 19 March 2008, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Representative for the Defenders of Human Rights to intervene in the Mr. case Khaled Hamza (See).
Mr. Khaled Hamza, born on 28 October, 1963, resides in Dakahlia. He is civil engineer and as a defender of human rights, editor in chief of the English site information of the Muslim Brotherhood organization (http://www.ikhwanweb.com).
He was arrested as he left his office a few moments after a meeting with activists of human rights, including the president of the Arab Commission on Human Rights. Madam Violette Daguerre had travelled to Cairo as an observer in the trial of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood movement to the court of the Supreme Military Haiksteip.
At the time of his arrest Mr. Khaled Hamza asked if there was a judicial warrant against him and the officers had answered that they did not need a warrant. " He was then forcibly dragged to a police vehicle, handcuffed and blindfolded.
He was taken to the Lazoghli centre of security services, headquarters of the State security where he underwent an interrogation which lasted until 09 o'clock in the morning.
His office has been subjected to a search: all documents and the 16 computers of his company were confiscated by the police. They contain all data about his company's projects, his customer records as well as all administrative documents about his company.
The police then went to his home, and they also took everything that was there: documents, books, personal electronic devices, computers and so on.
Presented to the public prosecutor of the Tribunal, he was notified of the usual charge of "membership in the Organization of Muslim brothers" and put under a detention warrant in the Torah prison.
He unsuccessfully sought medical treatment from the prison's administration as his health had noticeably deteriorated during the first days of his detention. On 9 March 2008, he was finally evacuated in emergency to the Kasr Al Eni hospital.
Background:
From 14 February to 15 March 2008, 831 senior members or sympathizers of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement were arrested in Egypt in all regions of the country (Cairo, Alexandria, Al Buheira, Al Qalyubia, Al Gharbiya, Kafr Al Sheikh, Assiut, Dakahliya, Bani Suwayf, Al Sharqiya, Damietta, Giza, Al Fayyum etc.). most of those arrested had submitted a candidacy for the municipal elections scheduled for 08 April 2008.
Most of these people were detained without judicial warrant, have been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, their homes were searched and their personal property seized and taken away by security staff.
The arrest of Mr. Khaled Hamza comes therefore in this context; it is undeniably linked to his freedom of expression and his quality of defender of human rights and the media role he played on the occasion of the election campaign .
Mr. Khaled Hamza, born on 28 October, 1963, resides in Dakahlia. He is civil engineer and as a defender of human rights, editor in chief of the English site information of the Muslim Brotherhood organization (http://www.ikhwanweb.com).
He was arrested as he left his office a few moments after a meeting with activists of human rights, including the president of the Arab Commission on Human Rights. Madam Violette Daguerre had travelled to Cairo as an observer in the trial of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood movement to the court of the Supreme Military Haiksteip.
At the time of his arrest Mr. Khaled Hamza asked if there was a judicial warrant against him and the officers had answered that they did not need a warrant. " He was then forcibly dragged to a police vehicle, handcuffed and blindfolded.
He was taken to the Lazoghli centre of security services, headquarters of the State security where he underwent an interrogation which lasted until 09 o'clock in the morning.
His office has been subjected to a search: all documents and the 16 computers of his company were confiscated by the police. They contain all data about his company's projects, his customer records as well as all administrative documents about his company.
The police then went to his home, and they also took everything that was there: documents, books, personal electronic devices, computers and so on.
Presented to the public prosecutor of the Tribunal, he was notified of the usual charge of "membership in the Organization of Muslim brothers" and put under a detention warrant in the Torah prison.
He unsuccessfully sought medical treatment from the prison's administration as his health had noticeably deteriorated during the first days of his detention. On 9 March 2008, he was finally evacuated in emergency to the Kasr Al Eni hospital.
Background:
From 14 February to 15 March 2008, 831 senior members or sympathizers of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement were arrested in Egypt in all regions of the country (Cairo, Alexandria, Al Buheira, Al Qalyubia, Al Gharbiya, Kafr Al Sheikh, Assiut, Dakahliya, Bani Suwayf, Al Sharqiya, Damietta, Giza, Al Fayyum etc.). most of those arrested had submitted a candidacy for the municipal elections scheduled for 08 April 2008.
Most of these people were detained without judicial warrant, have been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, their homes were searched and their personal property seized and taken away by security staff.
The arrest of Mr. Khaled Hamza comes therefore in this context; it is undeniably linked to his freedom of expression and his quality of defender of human rights and the media role he played on the occasion of the election campaign .