15 September 2009

Egypt: Reappearance of the two Egyptian teachers who disappeared on 1 September 2009

Alkarama has learned that the two teachers, Ghannam Said Mahmoud and Alaa Issa, who were disappeared by the Egyptian State Security Intelligence from Al-Arish on 1 September 2009, reappeared on 10 September 2009. On the same date, they were detained under an administrative order by the Minister of Interior and transferred to Wadi Natroun Prison #2.



Sources confirm that they were held and tortured at State Security Intelligence headquarters in Al-Arish from 1 to 10 September 2009.

See Alkarama's original urgent communiqué from 8 September 2009 for more information regarding these two cases.

Saudi Arabia - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

No

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 23.09.1997
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Overdue since 22.10.2006 (2nd)
Last concluding observations: 12.06.2002

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

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 10.2013 (2nd cycle)
Next review: -

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No