1 May
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- General Ismail El Shaer, first assistant to the Minister of Interior,
sends a warning to independent MPs refusing their request to organize a
peaceful demonstration demanding political reform. The demonstration was
planned to head to parliament to submit the demands to the chair. In its
refusal, the Cairo security directorate states that within the current
security situation such demonstrations and protests may lead to
disruption of public security in the capital and obstruct traffic to the
disadvantage of citizens interests. The security directorate held MPs
responsible for any breach of its orders. (EL Masry El Youm) - The detention of 8 members of the Muslim Brotherhood was renewed for
15 days. They are charged with belonging to a banned group and possession
of books and publications that advocate the ideology of the group. (El
Shorouk)
- General Ismail El Shaer, first assistant to the Minister of Interior,
2 May
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- Security forces close Hussein Hegazi street in advance of the workers’
protest demanding the court-ordered minimum wage. - Security forces blocked downtown in preparation of the 3rd of May
demonstration by MPs and representatives of political parties. A security
source told Al-Masry al-Youm that the demonstrations will be stopped,
even if force is required to do so, especially since “they have been
warned.” The source added that security forces will be spread throughout
Midan Tahrir, through Magis al-Shaab and Qasr al-Aini streets, and in
front of the Omar Makram Mosque, and that demonstrators would be dealt
with severely. The source confirmed that any group gathering in these
areas will be arrested, indicating that the refusal of the Ministry of
Interior to organization of the march stems from its fear of the outbreak
of rioting during the march, and indicated that any person arrested will
face a number of charges, including disrupting general security. The
source added that coordination with Central Security and the Riot Police
is underway for use of their assistance in breaking up the march should
its organizers succeed in gathering demonstrators and beginning their
protest. Deputies expressed their determination to organize the march
despite the refusal of the Ministry of Interior, and assured that they
will cautiously protect national security, the citizens’ security, and
ensure that the police force is not attacked (Al-Masry al-Youm). - Dr. Hany Hilal, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research,
threatened researchers, employees, and administrators of the Mubarak City
for Scientific Research and Technological Applications in Alexandria to
“cut the neck” of whoever spoke of the decision to fire Dr. Mohamed
al-Saadany, previous Director of the city, be it positively or negatively
(Al-Masry al-Youm). - Egyptian police killed two African immigrants on the Egyptian border
with Israel, one of whom was a 35-yr-old Eritrean immigrant. (Reuters)
- Security forces close Hussein Hegazi street in advance of the workers’
3 May
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- Security forces surrounded and attacked more than 170 demonstrators in
front of the garden of the Omar Makran mosque in Midan Tahrir, during
their efforts to lead a peaceful march to the Parliament. They assaulted
and injured the demonstrators, and kidnapped three activists, including
Ahmed Douma. Among the demonstrators were six members of Egypt’s
Parliament, the head of the Freedoms Committee of the Journalist
Syndicate, and a number of public figures, demanding an end to the
Emergency Law and the provision of guarantees for the upcoming
legislative elections. - Security forces blocked downtown in preparation of the 3rd of May
demonstration by MPs and representatives of political parties. - Ahmed Douma was taken before the prosecutor because of his
participation in a demonstration demanding cancellation of the Emergency
Law, and was charged with assaulting security officers, destruction of a
kiosk in Midan Tahrir, and possession of a light weapon.
- Security forces surrounded and attacked more than 170 demonstrators in
4 May
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- An investigation and charges were brought against activist Ahmed
Douma for participating in an illegal gathering and assault of public
employees during the performance of their duties. The prosecutor in the
Central Cairo district took testimony from several police officers as
victims. - Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Gamal Hishmat, Shoura Council
member, was arrested on Friday, along with Osama Suliman, an engineer and
Brotherhood leader. The arrest took place at a traffic checkpoint on
Maahad al-Diny street in Damanhour. They were taken from Osama Suliman’s
private car in front of dozens of eye witnesses, who confirmed that the
security checkpoints were placed at the city’s entrances and exists since
the afternoon, and that after the arrest of Hishmat and Suliman all of
the checkpoints were dismantled. - After a seven-hour investigation, the Damahour prosecutor decided to
order the detention of Dr. Mohamed Gamal Hishmat and Mr. Osama Suliman
for fifteen days pending investigation, and placed them in the Damanhour
transfer police department while awaiting transfer to a public
prison. - Dr. Mohamed Gamal Hishmat and engineer Osama Suliman refute the
charges against them and continue their hunger strike until the Ministry
of Interior and the State Security prosecutor withdraw the fabricated
case against them. - Cairo University’s Faculty of Commerce issued an administrative
decision that resolves to bar fifty-five students from sitting for their
examinations. The students named all belong to the April 6 Youth Movement
and the Muslim Brotherhood. The decision was issued on February 12, 2010,
on the basis of fraudulent investigations that never actually took place.
The clear fraud of the investigations is considered reason enough to
invalidate the decision, which includes several charges, among them:
affixing stickers, distributing leaflets, and inciting unrest in the
university campus; organization of an art exhibit without security
clearance; and organization of demonstrations. - Regional authorities in the Port Said district of “Zarzara,” an area
of informal housing in the city of Port Said, destroyed fifteen homes in
a single-story unit with no prior warning, leaving the families residing
in them without alternative accommodations, in order to allow for
construction of a road. According to the Egyptian Center for Housing
Rights, the police beat a number of those forced from their homes.
- An investigation and charges were brought against activist Ahmed
5 May
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- Dr. Mohamed Gamal Hishmat’s and engineer Osama Suliman’s health
deteriorated when they arrived at Burg al-Arab prison this afternoon. The
prisoners suffered from severe fatigue resulting from a hunger strike,
which, they announced, was entering its third successive day, prompting
the Attorney General for the Central Damanhour prosecutor’s office to
issue a decision ordering immediate and urgent medical examinations. The
results of the examinations are to be presented to the Attorney General’s
office with the utmost speed. - The Committee for the Defense and Freedoms of Prisoners of Conscience
organized a protest Saturday, May 8, 2010, and presented the Attorney
General with a report regarding the following: 1) the assault and
abduction of activist and Media Coordinator of the Bloggers’ Committee,
on the charges fabricated against him, and on his continued imprisonment;
2) activist and blogger Tariq Hader, who was taken from his university to
an unknown destination, for collecting signatures on behalf of Dr.
Mohamed al-Baradei; 3) the continued imprisonment of Workers’ Party
member Professor Bahaa al-Din Mohamed Abd al-Hady, without charge, for
the seventh successive year, despite the issue of more than fourteen
final judgments ordering his immediate release; 4) the continued
imprisonment of Sinai activist Masaad Abu Fagr for the third successive
year.
- Dr. Mohamed Gamal Hishmat’s and engineer Osama Suliman’s health
6 May
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- Activist Ahmed Douma will be transferred this Saturday, May 8, 2010,
to the special (accelerated) section of the Qasr al-Nil Court for
Misdemeanors, without completion of the investigation and without
response to the requests of his defense team. It is worthy of note that
the prosecutor turned a blind eye to the security officers’ control of
the court building in which the investigation was taking place, who
prevented a large number of lawyers from meeting with Douma, and
prevented witnesses from entering the courtroom in order to give their
testimony of events. The prosecutor, nevertheless, heard the testimony of
all witnesses presented by the Ministry of Interior. (The Egyptian
Center)
- Activist Ahmed Douma will be transferred this Saturday, May 8, 2010,
8 May
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- A Palestinian prisoner recently released from an Egyptian prison, who
requested that his name be protected, discovered new and extremely
serious evidence that for the first times reveals the cause of death of
Hamas leader Samy Abu Zahry’s brother, Yousef Abu Zahry. The evidence
confirmed that Abu Zahry was executed at the headquarters of the Egyptian
state security apparatus. His death resulting from severe torture,
particularly in the form of severe electric shocks. “The Jerusalem Press”
reported that the anonymous Palestinian prisoner and a group of other
Palestinian prisoners in Egyptian prisons were subjected to severe
torture by the state security apparatus with the aim of obtaining
information on Hamas. The prisoner stated that he heard martyr Yousef Abu
Zahry scream as he was subjected to torture by electric shock until
death. He also stated that he died in the basement of the state security
building, not in the hospital at Burg al-Arab prison, and that the radio
was played in order to cover the victim’s screams as he died. The source
noted that Hamas leader Ayman Nofel, detained in Egyptian prisons during
those days, was subjected to severed torture in order to obtain
information about Hamas. The source went on to state that Yousef Abu
Zahry’s brother, Hamas spokesperson Samy Abu Zahry, doubted the Egyptian
authorities’ narrative, which claims that Yousef died a natural death
resulting from his suffering from a number of diseases. He accused the
Egyptian authorities of killing his brother. (http://www.egyptwindow.net/news_Details.aspx?News_ID=8126) - The Egyptian Association for the Advancement of the Child presented
today, May 8, 2010, a report to the Attorney General requesting an
investigation into the detention of Hanan Shaaban Ezzat Qutub. The girl
is detained in the Omraneya police headquarters, in a location not
intended for the detention of children. The girl is fourteen years old
and has been detained pending investigation pursuant to misdemeanor case
#747/2010 (Giza), from May 3, 2010 until the present. - A court decided today to prolong Ahmed Douma’s detention despite the
lack of any justification for doing so in the Egyptian constitution or
criminal procedure laws. Attendees at the hearing stated that the court
heard the case while there was a concentrated security presence inside
the courthouse, and that the security forces surrounding the building
prevented all opposing witnesses from even entering the court.
(Association for the Freedom of Thought and Expression, Egyptian Center
for Economic and Social Rights, Hisham Mubarak Law Center)
- A Palestinian prisoner recently released from an Egyptian prison, who
9 May
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- Three detainees attempted suicide in Al-Wady al-Gedid prison, having
accused the prison administration of forcing them to perform immoral
acts. Political prisoners in Al-Wady al-Gedid prison continued their
hunger strike and their refusal to cooperate with the prison
administration for the second week, and a number of them attempted
suicide as a result of severe fatigue and their having been subjected to
beating and torture, according to their lawyers. Amr Mohamed Hussein, age
28, detained since January 2006 on the basis of having belonged to
“Al-Jihad,” tried on Monday to commit suicide by slicing an artery in his
hand with a sharp object because of the severe pressure, beating and
torture to which he was subjected. The prison’s head of investigations,
Abd al-Hamid al-Sirfy, forced Amr to commit immoral acts, and tried to
force him nearly every day to strip naked inside the ward and then parade
him around the prison. Bahaa al-Din Abd al-Hady and Abd al-Hamid Shady
attempted suicide as a result of their frustration and despair after
having been on hunger strike from May 1 until the present without any
improvement in their conditions. (Al-Youm al-Sabaa) - A number of students in Cairo University’s Faculty of Commerce
submitted a complaint to the National Human Rights Council protesting the
faculty dean’s decision to refuse them from sitting for their final exams
during the second school semester, in May 2010. The students are accused
of hanging posters on trees inside the university. In their complaint,
the students clarified that they were only notified of their suspension
from exams by chance. The faculty’s intention was to inform them of the
decision merely one week before the exam, when the students could no
longer protest the decision. (Ikhwan Online) - Hishmat and Suliman’s families accused the state security apparatus
of endangering the prisoners’ lives, requested their immediate release in
light of their severe illness, and stressed that they would continue
their protest until their absolute release. A medical source stressed
that it was imperative that the prisoners be transferred to a hospital in
order to immediately feed them intravenously and place them in a
well-ventilated area in order to prevent a sharp deterioration in their
condition, in view of the immediate danger to their lives.
- Three detainees attempted suicide in Al-Wady al-Gedid prison, having
10 May
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- Amnesty International called for Egyptian authorities to cease their
forced expulsion of around 200 families in the northeast of the country
pursuant to a project to widen one of the roads. On Tuesday, May 4,
bulldozers began to destroy and remove homes in the Zarzara region, a
collection of informal housing in Port Said, leaving fifteen families
homeless and 200 other families under threat of expulsion. The fifteen
families were left without alternative accommodations on the day of their
expulsion, and were granted merely 500 Egyptian pounds (89 U.S. dollars)
as compensation for their homes.
- Amnesty International called for Egyptian authorities to cease their
11 May
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- Dr. Mohamed Gamal Hishmat, former MP, was transferred this morning to
the French Qasr al-Ainy hospital upon the decision by his medical team
that he was unable to be adequately (including treatment with x-rays and
analysis) in Damanhour. A medical source confirmed that Dr. Hishmat’s
condition had begun to improve after travel to Cairo to complete
treatment and medical examinations. The medical care was necessary to
overcome the poor impact on his health of a seven-day hunger strike,
during which the interior ministry failed to transfer him to a hospital
for necessary medical care, neglecting the health of one of its citizens
and violating the rights to treatment and care afforded him by law. - Shoura Council election violations: The Ministry of Interior’s
excesses and violations in the 2010 Shoura Council mid-term elections
began with the rights of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed al-Ziat in
the Hosh Issa, Abu al-Matamir and Abu Hams districts. Police
investigators in Hosh Issa tore the candidate’s campaign materials just
hours after they were hung throughout the city, and abducted Hosny
al-Sheikh, one of al-Ziat’s supporters, as he was on his way to his home
in Hosh Issa. He will be presented to the Hosh Issa prosecutor this
afternoon. It was also reported that a large force from the Baheira
security directorate was dispersed, led by Officer Gamal Matouly, an
investigative inspector in the directorate, and accompanied by Captain
Ahmed al-Sharqawy, deputy commissioner of the police department, and four
truckloads of soldiers. They passed by all government facilities and
banks in Hosh Issa, taking with them the security guard from in front of
each of the institutions in order to aid Ministry of Interior in removing
leaflets affixed throughout the streets. This instigated Hosh Issa’s
residents. They were then threatened with imprisonment if they spoke of
the events and were told that they would meet the same fate as Hosny
al-Sheikh, who was arrested.
- Dr. Mohamed Gamal Hishmat, former MP, was transferred this morning to
12 May
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- On Wednesday evening, the guard at Cairo University’s Faculty of
Pharmacology closed the college’s doors and prevented all of its students
from leaving the university campus. This came after a demonstration,
organized by Muslim Brotherhood, on the university’s campus today
protesting the referral of fifteen students to a disciplinary board.
After the demonstration ended, at 5 PM, the students were startled as
they tried to exit the university when the security let some through, but
closed the university gates in front of students of the pharmacy college
and Muslim Brotherhood students, in the midst of a concentrated Central
Security presence, with police cars and a gang of officers awaiting
outside. (Al-Youm al-Sabaa)
- On Wednesday evening, the guard at Cairo University’s Faculty of
13 May
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- Today, Thursday, the security apparatus in Baheira governorate
abducted Saad al-Naqib, a Muslim Brotherhood member from Abu Hams city,
from inside the city council. Al-Naqib was on a campaign trip with
Mohamed al-Ziat, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate in the Shoura Council
mid-term elections for the Abu Hams district. The director of
investigations prevented al-Ziat and his supporters from completing their
tour inside the city council, and took al-Naqib from the middle of the
group. - Three persons in Nagaa Hamadi were shot and injured after police
mistakenly fired on them while attempting to kill stray dogs.
- Today, Thursday, the security apparatus in Baheira governorate
14 May
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- The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights today demanded from
Minister of Interior the immediate release of nine citizens who have been
administratively detained pursuant to the Emergency Law for two months
because of their connection to the Ahmadi sect. The Initiative also
called on the Attorney General to issue an order ending the
investigations, headed by the High State Security Prosecutor, of all
those accused of “religious defamation,” and for sanctions for those
responsible for the detention and interrogation of citizens on the basis
of their religious practices, which violates the rights of freedom of
belief and expression afforded to them by the constitution. - Security forces forcefully broke up the the tour of Muslim
Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Aoud al-Ziat this afternoon. Al-Ziat is an
electoral candidate running in the 2010 Shoura Council midterm elections
in the Second District (Abu Hummus, Hosh Issa and Abu al-Matamir
regions). During the altercation, security forces abducted Mohamed Mazen,
one of al-Ziat’s supporters, and took him to an unknown location. - Residents of Gezirat Mohamed demonstrated against the government’s
dispossession of their ownership to their land, and against their
annexation to the 6 October governorate. Security forces broke up the
gathering using tear gas, shot the residents with rubber bullets, and
undertook random arrest campaigns, taking people from inside their homes.
They erected a security barrier at each of the town entrances; arrested
the women of the village, and held them hostage in order to force the men
to turn themselves in; and arrested children of no more than 10 years of
age, all amid an influx of a large number of armored vehicles, which were
waiting to transport the detainees to unknown locations. - After waiting for more than 18 hours for the prosecutor’s decision
against those charged from Gezirat Mohamed, the Associate Attorney
General refused to grant lawyers of the Gezirat Mohamed defendants a
decision. The lawyers were humiliated and ordered to go to the
prosecutor’s guard station to await the decision.
- The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights today demanded from
15 May
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- Ahmed Douma’s hearing was postponed until June 22, with a
continuation of his detention, after his arrest on May 3 during a
demonstration demanding an end to the Emergency Law. - Supporters of a Muslim Brotherhood candidate in the Shoura Council
elections were detained in the Alaa Osman Hassan detention center when
dozens of them were randomly taken from their homes or off the street and
arrested. Security forces cleared the streets in order to prevent the
mobility of the Brotherhood candidate’s supporters.
- Ahmed Douma’s hearing was postponed until June 22, with a
16 May
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- The High Administrative Court heard the case of Cairo University
Faculty of Commerce students regarding the dean’s decision to suspend 49
students, including 7 alumni and one deceased student. (Association for
Freedom of Thought and Expression) - Police sent defendants in the Gezirat Mohamed case to the prosecutor
this morning to present them at an unappointed time, but defendants were
returned without having been brought before the prosecutor. - 60 residents of Gezirat Mohamed were imprisoned for four days and
refused food by the security apparatus. - Egyptian police shot a 39-yr-old Sudanese immigrant from Darfur, Adam
Ali Mohamed, as he tried to cross the border. - Hamed Rashid, the Ministry of Interior’s Director of Legal
Administration, confirmed the arrest of a number of employees of an
independent PM, Muslim Brotherhood member Abd al-Fattah Eid, in Munfeya
governorate. This came after his supporters hung banners protesting the
extension of the Emergency Law. (Al-Doustour)
- The High Administrative Court heard the case of Cairo University
17 May
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- The Attorney General investigated rights activist Nasser Amin,
Director of the Arabic Center for Independence of the Judiciary and the
Legal Profession, after his comments on the State Council’s position
regarding the appointment of women in the judiciary.
- The Attorney General investigated rights activist Nasser Amin,
18 May
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- State Security Investigations and Central Security forces attacked a
march in support of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Alaa Osman Abouda, and
beat Abouda and his supporters. Plain clothes officers seized his
personal election campaign materials and abducted two of his supporters,
whose names have not yet been determined. State security vehicles were
seen at the arrests.
- State Security Investigations and Central Security forces attacked a
19 May
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- A number of lawyers staged a sit-in today in front of the Helwan
courthouse and organized a march across the public road on Khasrou
Street, branching from Sharif Street, in protest of a Helwan police
officer’s detention of their colleague, Mohamed Ali Ahmed. Ahmed was
illegally detained inside the police station while he was reviewing one
of his client’s files. (Al-Youm al-Sabaa) - Security forces arrested 8 members of the National Assembly for
Change in Baheira, Damanhour, during their gathering in support of Dr.
Mohamed al-Baradei. Those detained are: Ahmed Milad, President of the
“Ghad” (Tomorrow) Party in Baheira; Ahmed Madhat, Ghad Party member;
Ahmed Bassiouni, Hany Idris and Mohamed Battour, National Assembly for
Change members; Dr. Adel al-Atar, “Kefaya” coordinator in Baheira; and
Essam Goueida and Said Abd al-Maqsoud, “Kefaya” movement. - More than 17 persons were arrested today by plain-clothes State
Security Investigations agents as they were participating in a Muslim
Brotherhood candidate’s election rally. The names determined so far of
those arrested are: Ali Lotfy, doctor; Mohamed Darwish, businessman;
Mottasem Abd al-Gowad, air conditioning and coolant technician; Mohamed
Kohla, publishing house owner; Mohamed Fahmy; Ali Fahmy; and Ayman
Shaaban. Initial information indicates that they are currently being
detained in the Monsoura police station. - Two supporters of a Muslim Brotherhood candidate were taken this
morning, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, as they hung campaign leaflets along
Saad Zaghloul street in Ashmoun. The men, Atef al-Danasoury and Sayyid
Sanger, were taken by plain-clothes State Security Investigations
officers and are currently detained in the Ashmoun police station. It
remains unclear what they are being charged with and why they were
arrested. - Plain-clothes State Security Investigations agents and Central
Security forces attacked a private election rally for Muslim Brotherhood
candidate yesterday, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Dozens were arrested, the
media was barred from photographing the events, and a photographer was
assaulted and abducted. It is still not known who exactly was taken or
where they are being held. - Baheira: Two supporters of a Muslim Brotherhood candidate were
arrested this morning, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, by plain-clothes State
Security Investigations forces, as they attempted to hang election
propaganda in Abu al-Matamir. They are Ahmed Zacharia Yousef, lawyer; and
Abd Rabba Khairy Abd Rabba, sanitation worker. They were beaten and
tortured by a police officer and a number of intelligence officers during
their detention in the Abu al-Matamir police station. The signs of
torture were evidence on various parts of their bodies when they were
presented to the prosecutor this evening. - Ahmed Seif al-Islam Hamed, lawyer and founding director of the Hisham
Mubarak Law Center; Gamal Eid, director of the Arabic Network for Human
Right Information; and blogger and activist Amr Gharbeia were transferred
today to a criminal court. This came as a result of their solidarity with
and defense of human rights activists in a case against Judge Abd
al-Fattah Mourad for violation of the Arabic Network for Human Rights
Information’s intellectual property rights.
(http://www.hmlc-egy.org/node/1509)
- A number of lawyers staged a sit-in today in front of the Helwan
20 May
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- Damanhour State Security arrested Dr. Adel al-Ataf, coordinator for
the Kefaya movement in Baheira; Said Abd al-Maqsoud; Essam Goueida; Ahmed
Milad, lawyer; Ahmed Madhat; Hany Idris; Mohamed Batour; and Ahmed
Bassiouni this evening at 11 PM. They were detained in the Damanhour
State Security offices and have now been transferred to the Damanhour
Investigations offices in the police department. A case has been prepared
against the group, the evidence for which consists of posters in support
of the National Assembly for Change. - Hazem Ismail, a teacher in a secondary technical school, was arrested
this morning at dawn in Faqous, Sharqaya, after hanging campaign
materials for a Muslim Brotherhood candidate. - A detainee known only as Mohamed was arrested and transferred to Burg
al-Arab prison as punishment for his mother’s argument with a police
officer’s aunt. - The Ministry of Interior arrested 17 persons from the al-Qady mosque
while two Muslim Brotherhood electoral candidates for Monsoura, Abd
al-Hamid Rishad al-Adel and Safwat al-Bakry, were present. Security
forces handled the mosque attendees violently, forcing them into Central
Security vehicles known as “the Box,” and taking them to an unknown
location. Lawyer Yasser al-Gizar stated, “I exited the mosque to find a
large number of intelligence and other officers. They threw me in the Box
but then left me there after they learned I was a lawyer, and continued
to beat the detainees.” (Al-Doustour) - The North Cairo Criminal Court accepted the complaint presented by
lawyer Tariq Khader, a member of the April 6 Youth Movement. The
complaint petitions against an order for his arrest issued pursuant to
the infamous Emergency Law. Tariq was taken on March 25, 2010, but has
still not been released. He was arrested the afternoon of March 25, 2010,
from Alexandria University, for collecting signatures from university
students for a National Assembly for Change statement and for a statement
prepared by the April 6 Youth Movement demanding constitutional
amendments and cancellation of the Emergency Law. - Police in Damanhour, Baheira governorate, arrested committee
president of the Ghad party in Baheira and seven other opposition
activists as they were gathering signatures for a “Together We Change”
statement for the National Assembly for Change. Police took detained
activists to the Damanhour State Security Investigations headquarters,
then transferred them to the Damanhour police station, where they await
presentation to the prosecutor tomorrow afternoon. Media reported that
the detainees have been subjected to ill-treatment and other human rights
violations. State Security officers abused and degraded lawyers
investigating the reason for the arrests, and expelled them from
Damanhour SSI headquarters. The names of the detainees are: Ahmed Milad
(Ghad Party head in Baheira), Ahmed Madhat (Ghad Party), Adel al-Atar
(coordinator for Kefaya in Bahira), Essam Goueida (Kefaya), Said Abd
al-Maqsoud (Kefaya), Hany Idris (National Assembly for Change), Mohamed
Battour, Ahmed Bassiouni (6 April Youth Movement). - Security forces, led by chief detective Amr Allam, harassed
supporters of a Muslim Brotherhood candidate for the Abu Hams/Hosh
Issa/Abu al-Matamir district as they hung banners this morning in support
of the candidate’s campaign. Security fores limited how many banners
could be hung and where, to the point where the candidate’s supporters
were able to hang only three. At 3:30 AM, the officers, disguised so that
they could not be photographed, drove through the neighborhood in a
private car and ripped up the three banners. They then invaded one of the
homes in the district, breaking down its door and sneaking into the
property in order to destroy another banner. They they cut the
neighborhood’s power lines, causing power in the entire district to short
circuit, and spreading panic among the residents. - Security forces today abducted two residents of Abu al-Matamir in the
early morning hours as they hung banners in support of Muslim Brotherhood
candidate al-Ziat. They used local workers to call the neighborhood’s
State Security, who sent its forces to tear up the banners and detain the
candidate’s supporters. Police and investigators in the Abu al-Matamir
police department then beat the detainees while arresting and booking
them before taking them before the prosecutor, angering the neighborhood
residents. The prosecutor released them, so State Security officers
returned to abduct them a second time and brought them to State Security
headquarters in al-Noubareya. - In a continuation of the security apparatus’s harassment of the
residents of this area, security forces, led by Inspector Gamal Abdel Aty
Bassiouni; Major Ahmad Al-Banna; and Colonel Mohammed Ammar, Associate
Investigator in Noubareya surrounded al-Sabakeya mosque as those inside
were preparing for the evening prayer. Security forces threw tear gas on
people as they exited the mosque, abducting twelve Hosh Issa residents on
the pretext that they had taken part in a demonstration. When residents
tried to prevent security forces from taking Mahdawy Battiha, head of a
well-known family in Hosh Issa, Central Security forces attacked them
with batons, sticks, and tear gas, then moved through the streets
threatening residents and throwing more tear gas. Among those still
detained: Mahdawy Saad Battiha, Mohamed Abd al-Fattah Qareitim, Fouaz
Mohamed Marei, and Saad Fariq al-Sheik. - Security agents destroyed the tent of Mohamed Ramadan, a Towson
resident, after removing him from his position in front of Ministry of
Agriculture headquarters to parliament. Ramadan said that he had come to
protest in front of parliament after staging a sit-in in front of the
Ministry of Agriculture for more than 40 days without any response from
Minister of Agriculture Amin Abaza. Ramadan stated that a large number of
the remaining protestors are considering moving their protest to
parliament. (Al-Youm al-Sabaa)
- Damanhour State Security arrested Dr. Adel al-Ataf, coordinator for
21 May
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- Human rights organizations in Egypt, Bahrain, Palestine, Norway and
Denmark issued a statement condemning the transfer of the case against
Ahmed Seif, Gamal Eid, and Amr Gharbeia to trial, and began a campaign
for the activists’ defense. - Eight members of the National Assembly for Change in Baheira are
arrested: security forces attacked eight members of the National Assembly
for Change in Baheira this evening as they gathered signatures for Dr.
Mohamed al-Baradei’s petition for change. The forces gathered
al-Baradei’s supporters in front of the Damanhour Sporting Club,
insulting and hitting them, until police cars arrived. They then shoved
them into the police cars and brought them to State Security
headquarters, where they remained for the next three hours. Security
forces remained surrounding State Security headquarters, fearing an angry
reprisal by citizens, then transferred them to the Damanhour police
station to await their transfer to the Damanhour Attorney General. The
eight detained activists are: Ahmed Mohamed Milad (head of the Ghad Party
in Baheira), Adel al-Atar (Kefaya coordinator in Baheira), Ahmed Madhat
(Ghad Party), Essam Goueida (Kefaya), Said Abd al-Maqsoud (Kefaya), Hany
Idris, Mohamed Battour, and Ahmed Bassiouni (National Assembly for
Change). As the detainees’ defense team attempted to enter State Security
headquarters to find an officer to speak to about the situation, they
were instead assaulted with a barrage of insults and expelled from the
headquarters entrance. They confirmed that the eight activists were
subjected to abuses by security inside the Damanhour police department,
led by Lt. Col. Amir al-Saadany. The prosecutor charged the activists
with belonging to a banned organization, the National Assembly for
Change; promoting the rejection of provisions of the law and constitution
in speech and in writing; distribution of banners and pamphlets for the
National Assembly for Change and for representing Dr. Mohamed al-Baradei;
and obstructing traffic.
- Human rights organizations in Egypt, Bahrain, Palestine, Norway and
22 May
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- Nine supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidate al-Ziat were detained
for 15 days, and security checkpoints were used to detain 11 others. The
original nine detainees are: Saad Farouq al-Sheik, lawyer; Mahdawy Hamdy
Battiha; Mohamed Abd al-Fattah Qareitim; Fouad Mohamed Marei and his son,
Fouaz Marei; Yasser Ibrahim Farag; Abd al-Hady Hosny al-Shihat; Mamdouh
Sabah; Islam Farag Saqr, a relative of an NDP candidate; and Ibrahim
Fathy Abd al-Hady Hidra, who was randomly detained Thursday after evening
prayer as he was on his way to arranging his marriage contract. - A group of “Gazl al-Mahalla” football supporters submitted a
complaint to the Attorney General accusing Alexandria security of
assaulting them, insulting and severely beating them and severely
injuring several in the process. This came during a match between the
“Gazl al-Mahalla” and “Haras al-Hodood” teamsas part of the Alexandria
league games, played at the al-Max stadium on Monday, May 17.
- Nine supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidate al-Ziat were detained
23 May
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- At 1 pm, security forces attacked and assaulted Amonseeto workers who
were organizing a sit-in in front of the parliament. Several workers were
badly injured as a result and sent to the hospital for treatment. The
security forces also detained 7 workers and harassed journalists and
activists who came in solidarity with the workers. At 4 pm, while
journalists Sara Carr and Philip Rizq, in addition to Dr. Mostafa Hussein
(El-Nadeem center) were visiting the assaulted workers and recording
their testimonies, an officer ordered them not to take photos. He then
took their IDs and mobile phones and led them to another official in the
presence of Major General Farouk Lasheen. The officer searched their
mobiles, deleted all the photos they took, and tore up Dr. Mostafa’s
papers containing the workers’ names and injuries.
- At 1 pm, security forces attacked and assaulted Amonseeto workers who
24 May
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- Security forces, led by Ministry of Interior inspector Gamal Abd
al-Aati, attacked and searched the home of Sami Fathi al-Naggar`s, lawyer
to Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Awad al-Ziat. Some of the home
furniture was destroyed in the process. Abd al-Aati threatened
al-Naggar`s wife and children, claiming that they would never see him
again even if the prosecution allowed him to go. The inspector, nervous
when he did not find al-Naggar at his home, attacked his father’s and
brother’s homes and threatened them with arrest if they failed to bring
him al-Naggar at the police station. He then resumed his violations of
the law and attacked three buildings next to al-Naggar`s home, severely
insulting the neighbors and threatening them that he would find who was
responsible for hiding al-Naggar. (Muslim Brotherhood Information Office,
Bouhiera).
- Security forces, led by Ministry of Interior inspector Gamal Abd
25 May
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- A number of state security intelligence officers and soldiers, led by
officer Hisham El Khatib and a number of investigation officers and
informers from different police stations in Alexandria, attacked
activists today during a peaceful protest organized by the National
Association for Change in front of the courthouse, arresting several. One
of the detained activists, Sayeda Fouda, developed a fracture in her
right arm as a result of the beating and was taken to Nariman hospital
for treatment. Charges: Demonstration and obstruction of traffic. - A police force from Bahira security directorate attacked the
population of al-Shamasa village in Edfina to force them to leave their
homes upon an eviction order by the governor, of which the population was
not informed. The protests of the population were met with random
arrests, beatings and tear gas. 70 people were detained in total, among
them children. http://www.anhri.net/?p=6632 - Detention and kidnapping of dozens of supporters of the Egyptian
opposition in Shoura council elections: 17 arrested in Mansoura; 2
abducted from Menufeya; kidnap and torture of two Muslim Brotherhood
supporters in Bahira; detention of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in
Sharqeya; dozens arrested, including journalists,in Qalubeya.(source)
- A number of state security intelligence officers and soldiers, led by
26 May
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- The April 6 Youth Movement declared that they have not been able to
locate member Tareq Khedr, detained since March 25, 2010) in the Wadi
al-Natrun prison complex. The Alexandria Attorney General and the
Ministry of Interior confirmed this on the basis of the confirmation of
Major General Hamed Rashed (the ministry’s Legal Affairs Department
Manager), in a discussion of the interrogation presented by Dr. Hamdy
Hasan around kidnapping Tareq Khedr. For more details, go here. - A Hisham Mubarak Law Center employee was threatened with arrest by an
Ismalia governorate security official, as he was defending high-need
workers and drivers in emergency situations. For more details, go
here. - Egyptian authorities released a Syrian citizen detained last month
just after he arrived in Cairo airport, without announcing the reasons
for the detention. The Syrian Committee for Human Rights declared that
“the Syrian citizen Hossam Radwan El-Marei returned to his family after
being taken by Egyptian state security from Cairo airport and detained
for 38 days. During this time he was exposed to maltreatment and brutal
torture, threatened with rape, shocked with electric current, kicked,
hit, and severely insulted.” The Syrian Committee confirmed this in a
statement sent to Akhbar El-sahrq.
- The April 6 Youth Movement declared that they have not been able to
27 May
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- Forty-four persons from al-Shamasa village, Edfina city, Baheira
governorate, were presented to the prosecutor in El-mahmoudiah. Eight
children were let free and 36 persons were imprisoned for 15 days on
accusation of participating in a demonstration and resisting authority.
During the investigations carried out by State Security prosecution,
lawyers found that the detainees were badly injured. The prosecution
therefore decided to transfer the injured for a medical examination, and
to examine homes attacked by the security forces.
- Forty-four persons from al-Shamasa village, Edfina city, Baheira
28 May
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- Security forces detained four activists (Mamdouh Karam, Khaled Adham,
Mahmoud al-Husseiny and Ahmed Ali) in Abanob city, Assiut governorate,
while they were collecting public signatures for a petition of the
National Assembly for Change. They took the detainees to Abanob police
station and presented them to State Security Investigations before
setting them free.
- Security forces detained four activists (Mamdouh Karam, Khaled Adham,
29 May
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- Al-Tagammou party activist Mohamed Rashed was assaulted and badly
injured, requiring sutures in his head, 15 sutures in his right arm, and
5 others in his abdomen. This happened while he was trying to hang a
banner supporting Abd al-Rasheed Helal, his party candidate in
al-Badrasheen, 6th of October city. - Security forces, led by Gamal Abd al-Aati, the inspector of the
Ministry of Interior, and Amr Allam, Abo Homos police station chief,
attacked a mass march organized by Mohamed Awad al-Ziat supporters, the
Muslim Brotherhood candidate for the third constituency (including Abo
Homos, Hosh Issa, and Abo al-Matameer). The attack took place a few hours
before Ahmed Ezz, the NDP organizing secretary, visited the city.
Security forces used live rubber bullets and tear gas, injuring 30
al-Ziat supporters, many of whom were at risk and transferred to Abo
Homos hospital. Security forces also kidnapped two members of al-Ziat’s
legal council, Gameel Deif and Ali al-Deeb, and one other person from the
city.
- Al-Tagammou party activist Mohamed Rashed was assaulted and badly
30 May
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- Two men from Abo Homos are in Alexandria University hospital after
suffering internal bleeding and severe eye injuries. A physician
confirmed that yesterday the hospital received Ahmed Abas Saad El-Tokhy
and, after a medical examination, it was found that he had eruptions in
both eyes and he was suffering internal bleeding. He had been struck by a
spray of bullets and his injuries were extremely severe. He was thus kept
under observation; it remains unclear whether he will regain his eyesight
see. Nashaat Galal El-Gharabawy was also taken to the hospital, where a
medical examination showed an eruption in his left eye. He underwent
emergency surgery, was subjected to CT scan and kept under
observation. - Security forces in Helwan governorate abducted 50 supporters of Ali
Fateh El-Bab, the Helwan Muslim Brotherhood candidate. Security forces in
six vehicles cut their way into a march of Fateh el-Bab supporters,
confiscated all the sound sets, and kidnapped 50 to an unknown location.
- Two men from Abo Homos are in Alexandria University hospital after
31 May
- Blogger Amr Salama (who writes the “Lessa Aish” blog) was detained
for documenting covering and counting the elections rigging. - Zakariah Abd al-Hameed, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate in Dakahlia,
was detained when NDP thugs assaulted El-Hayaha satellite channel. The
channel was in the middle of taping a cast during their meeting with
another Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Eid Dahroug. - “Like an American action movie, but on Egyptian land.”… that is how
Azab Mostafa (a Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc member, and the
Brotherhood candidate in Bandar El-Giza) supporters described what
happened in his electoral campaign march in El-Haram area on May 23rd.
Supporters were kidnapped, detained and tortured in the neighborhood’s
infamous police station. The supporters state that they were tortured
extremely violently: they were insulted, beaten on the backs of their
heads, kicked (by men wearing shoes), and beaten with the butts of
officers’ pistols, and their staffs. This all took place under the
supervision and participation of the police station chief. One of the
detainees was badly injured as a result, left with two deep wounds in the
head (each requiring 6 sutures) and swellings in the chest and back, with
another swelling and dangerous blood clot in the eye.