Against Violence and Torture

Shady Abdel Bary Salem is a 31 year old unmarried, Egyptian lawyer. Five years ago Shady was diagnosed with a psychological disorder. It was diagnosed by his treating doctor as paranoid schizophrenia. This causes him to imagine that he is being watched and that he is vulnerable to persecution and murder. His illness responds to medication. With regular treatment Shady can adapt to society, and to family and friends. He will also be able to understand the medical nature of his ideas and doubts. The expected place for…

Fady Mohamed Mostafa is a 26 year old Egyptian man, who is married and has a daughter who is 20 months old. He went to industrial secondary school and works as a real estate broker in an office in 6th of October City. He also owns a kiosk in accordance with the project “build a home” which was introduced by the National Democratic Party to give loans to people to “build a home”. The police officers in Police station 2 of 6th of October City had a different scenario in mind. Fady had to pay the price of living in 6th of…

Hospital permits handcuffs on Barakat while in ICU Damanhour public attorney rejects referral of Barakat to equipped hospital On the 17th of May 2009 at 7 p.m. a state security police force in Damanhour, led by SSI officer Nagi El Gammal broke into the apartment of Ahmed Ali Hussein Eid in Damanhour - Beheira governorate while the latter was celebrating the 7th day of birth of his daughter Menna Ahmed Eid in the presence of a number of family members and friends. The police force broke into the apartment, aggressed the…

On Thursday 19/03/2009 I represented Al Nadeem centre while visiting Tamer Mohamed Abbas -a victim of Police Officer ‘A’ at Al Gameel passage- after news of the incident was published in Al Badeel newspaper. I arrived at Port Said General Hospital with Mr Hany El Gebaly and Ms. Hanem Ibrahim who are both lawyers from the Mousawa Centre for Human Rights in Port Said. This was at about 4:00PM during the hospital’s official visiting hours. After 10 minutes a doctor from the hospital arrived and introduced himself to us as the…

Torture.. A Crime against Humanity Saturday 18 October: Complaint to the Public prosecutor Sunday 19 October: Press Conference The undersigned organizations will submit a complaint to the public prosecutor on Saturday the 18th of October at 12 o'clock against the Minister of Interior concerning the increasing torture incidents, especially in Alexandria and Samalout. A protest rally in front of the Court of cassation will be organized at the same time. On Sunday the 19th of October the organizations will…