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Alkarama has received news of two separate new waves of arrests in Daqahliyah governorate. These arrests occur in the context of hundreds of arrests over the past few months which mainly target members and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Relatives of "Zeitoun cell" arrested in Kom al-Darby

The first of these two recent waves of arrests occurred on 21 October 2009 in Kom al-Darby, a village in Mansoura (Daqahliyah governorate), when four individuals were taken from their homes at dawn by State Security Intelligence (SSI) forces. It is believed that they are accused of belonging to the "Zeitoun cell", 16 members of which were arrested in July 2009. Their names are as follows:

1. Saad Ezzet Ali (brother of Ahmad Ezzet Ali)

2. Wael Sabry Naga

3. Saad Ali Nureddine

4. Ali Ezzet Nureddine

Elsewhere, 36 victims of arbitrary detention in Daqahliyah on 21 and 22 October 2009

27 Egyptian citizens were arrested in Daqhlia governorate by government security services in Daqahliyah governorate on 21 October 2009. Another nine individuals were arrested the day after, under the same circumstances. Sources indicate that these people were arrested on orders from the Minister of the Interior, under the pretext of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood. The detainees later learned the Attorney General had initiated an investigation into their cases and that they would be detained for 15 days in al-Marg Prison.

The names of those arrested on 21 October 2009:

1. Mohamad Saada

2. Mohamad Abdelghani Abderraheem

3. Magdy Saqr

4. Ahmad al-Salkauwi

5. Adel Rashid

6. Awad Abdel Salam

7. Al-Said al-Lawi

8. Abdelateef al-Manahi

9. Al-Said al-Adawi

10. Wasfi al-Mahdi

11. Mohammad Othman al-Junaidi

12. Ali Syam

13. Ahmad Farouq

14. Mohamad al-Obeidi

15. Mustafa al-Deeb

16. Mohamad Youssef

17. Jihad Lutfi

18. Ibrahim al-Baz

19. Mamdouh Sabry

20. Said Talat

21. Saad Ahmad

22. Abdullah Abdelkader

23. Alaa Soueilem

24. Tariq Mohamad Othman

25. Mohamad Rashid

26. Mohamad Mukhtar Alioua

27. Ahmad Jawda Hasaneen

Those arrested on 22 October 2009

28. Khaled al-Deeb

29. Esam Sharafeddine

30. Mohamad Youssef Sunbul

31. Ameer Mahmoud al-Aswar

32. Kamal Metwali

33. Hamad Humad Abdelhafiz

34. Adel Sunbul

35. Ahmad Jumaa

36. Rajab Hubala


Alkarama is extremely concerned for the well-being of these individuals who have been arrested and detained arbitrarily. Our organization intends to submit their cases to the UN special procedures in due course.