Hassan Mohamed, 32, a Sudanese refugee living and working in Cairo was arrested by State Security Investigations (SSI) services at his home on 16 January 2010. During his arrest, Hassan Mohamed was not given a judicial warrant nor was he explained the reasons for his arrest. He was held in secret for 55 days, during which he was brutally tortured. Finally on 12 March 2010, he was transferred to a Tora prison, south of Cairo.

Khaled Said Kasem

Khaled Said Kasem was brutally beaten to death by police officers on 8 June 2010 outside an Internet cafe in Alexandria. He was dragged through the streets and pumelled, as passersbys witnessed the scene. After various protests across Egypt, an investigation was opened by the office of the Prosecutor General in Alexandria.

May 11 Emergency Law Revisions Mean No Legal Authority to Keep Hundreds of Prisoners

The Egyptian government should keep its promise to free detainees who can no longer be held because of changes on May 11, 2010, in the scope of application for the country's emergency law, a coalition of twelve Egyptian and international human rights organizations said today. High-level officials had promised that they would start freeing prisoners on June 1 and that the releases would be completed by the end of the month, said the coalition which includes Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Alkarama Foundation, and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.

Alkarama has just learned that Ibrahim Moujahid and Tarek Khidr, were both released on 12 June 2010.