Articles for Egypt

Egypt: 15 arrested in Al-Bahira, Alkarama sends urgent appeal

Today, 28 August 2009, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Torture urging him to intervene with the Egyptian authorities in order to impede probable cases torture stemming from recent arrests in Al-Bahira.

Arrest and detention

28 Aug 2009
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Egypt: Continued campaign of arrests

Alkarama learned that 15 people were arrested at dawn on 20 August 2009. Members of the security services in Al-Buheiri accompanied by Special Forces belonging to the Central Police, forced their way into the homes of these men and arrested them. They are all currently being held in two of the security services' detention centers in Al-Buheiri.

Detainees at the Kafr Al-Duwar center include:

1. Al-Safi Muhammed Ibrahim Atman
2. Mustafa Suleiman
3. Adel Abdelwahab Marji

23 Aug 2009
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Egypt: 33 people arrested in Suez by State Security

Alkarama has just received information from a reliable source that 33 people have been arrested in the governorate of Suez.

On the afternoon of 17 August 2009, State Security supported by the Special Forces of the Central Security Agency forcibly entered the residence of Yasser Ibrahim (a chemist working at the Red Sea Port Authority) and arrested  him  in addition to  32 of his guests. Their names are:

21 Aug 2009
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Egypt: Enforced disappearance of 16 Egyptian nationals, Alkarama sends urgent appeal

Alkarama has sent an urgent appeal today to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances asking it to intercede with the Egyptian authorities in the case of 16 Egyptian nationals who disappeared in Mansoura province between 2 and 26 July 2009, after being arrested by the Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI).
19 Aug 2009
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Egypt: Dr Abdel Ghaffar arbitrarily detained, risk of torture

Dr Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Secretary General of the Egyptian Medical Association, was arrested on 2 July 2009 at the Cairo airport on his way to Turkey. Since then he has been arbitrarily detained, tortured and has been unable to receive his necessary medical treatment.

On 5 August 2009 Alkarama sent a communication to the Special Rapporteur against Torture to ask him to urgently intervene with the Egyptian authorities.

10 Aug 2009
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Egypt: Sudanese scholar Sheikh Al Hadj secretly detained and tortured

Alkarama was informed of the situation of Sheikh Messad Bachir Ali Al Hadj, aged 65, a Sudanese national, is currently hospitalized in Khartoum following 15 days of secret detention and torture by the Egyptian Security Services after his arrest at Cairo Airport on 22 June 2009.

On 10 July 2009 Alkarama made an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Torture asking him to intervene with the Egyptian authorities in the case of Mr Al Hadj.

21 Jul 2009
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Egypt: A new campaign of multiple arrests in Al-Bahira governorate

Alkarama was informed of the arrest of 25 people by agents of the Egyptian security services on 17 May 2009. All are accused of belonging to the banned group of the Muslim Brotherhood. All have been tortured and are being detained in Sahrawi 2 prison in Wadi Al-Natroun.

Alkarama has appealed to the Special Rapporteur on torture in each of these cases, asking him to intervene with the Egyptian authorities.

16 Jun 2009
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Egypt: Fares Barakat thrown from 4th floor by Security Services, held incommunicado, life in danger

On 17 May 2009, Fares Barakat suffered serious injuries after being thrown from the fourth floor of an apartment building by an officer of the Egyptian Security Services. He is currently imprisoned at the National Medical Institute in Damanhour.

Alkarama has called upon the Special Rapporteurs on extrajudicial executions and torture to urgently intervene with the Egyptian authorities to assure his adequate treatment and also called for his release or that he brought before justice.

08 Jun 2009
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Egypt: Whereabouts of 17 prisoners leaked by released prisoners

Between 1992 and 1997, 17 people disappeared after being arrested by agents of the General Directorate for State Security Investigations.  Amongst the 17 who remain in custody were several men who were released soon after initial questioning.
16 May 2009
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Egypt: Arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Mr Tarek Al Zumer, now detained in prison for 28 years

Mr Tarek Abdelmoujoud Al Zumer, now 49, and an agricultural engineer, was arrested in October 1981 and charged for conspiracy in the case of the assassination of the Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat. In 1982 the High Court of State Security sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

A few months later, he was tried again by the Cairo Military Court on the same grounds. He was again sentenced to another sentence of 7 years in prison, which was combined with his first sentence.

16 Mar 2009
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