Against Violence and Torture

The undersigned organizations call for an immediate, independent investigation into growing claims of the brutal torture and sexual assault of detainees held in prisons and police stations in Egypt after their arrest in demonstrations on January 25th, the third anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. We ask that the estimated 1,000 detainees undergo an immediate medical exams and that a delegation of the undersigned organizations be permitted to conduct an independent, unconditional visit to detention facilities and meet…

December 23, 2013 The undersigned organizations condemn the verdict issued Sunday December 22nd, 2013, by the Abdeen Court in case number 9593 for 2013 Misdemeanor Abdeen Cases, against Ahmed Maher, the previous Coordinator of April 6 Youth Movement; Mohamed Adel, the Media Representative of the same movement, and volunteer in the media unit of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR); and Ahmed Doma, Political Activist and previous member of the High Council for Culture, where the aforementioned were…

The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the Ain Shams events of last Thursday, the 4th of November, which involved violence and harassment of students and faculty of the 9th of March movement for the independence of Egyptian universities. A delegation from the 9th of March movement paid a visit to the Ain Shams university campus to distribute the administrative court decision in case no. 26627/63 J, which ruled “the annulment of ministerial decree no. 1812/1981 regarding the establishment and organization of…

Tora prison administration refuses to “investigate” the transfer of the patients and the injured to the hospital to complete their treatment and continues to hold them in poor conditions which might endanger their lives after being assaulted through beating and gunfire which caused serious injuries to them. Mina Adel Anis, 19 years old was assaulted in Tahrir Square on 17/12/2011 where he was passing by the square coincidently as he was heading downtown to shop for new shoes. He was brutally beaten by the forces of the…

A record set by the Egyptian security forces in the abuse of torture of citizens after a halt where torture was only practiced by the military police. The institutions differed whereas the torture remained, as if the revolution had not been on January 25, the police day in particular to send a clear message that the Egyptian people are tired of humiliation, torture and prosecution while the oppressors enjoy security, immunity and protections of the prosecution and the law. Is the ministry of interior avenging itself? Or is…