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.