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More than ten court rulings for release, yet Mohamed Abd El Rahim Mohamed Al Sharkawy remains detained Tomorrow the 28 of October 2009 at 2:00PM Mr. Ziad Al Alimi and a number of activists from Al Nadeem centre will go to the office of the Public Prosecutor of Cairo to present an official complaint against the Minister of Interior and the Director of Agouza Police Station. Mr. Mohamed Abd Al Rahim Mohamed Al Sharkawy has been detained for over 14 years, without being charged with or tried for any crime. The Ministry of…

The postponement of the trial to the the 3rd of November On the 31st of August the criminal court of Damanhour will consider case 6136 of the year 2008 of felonies of Kafr el Dawar. The victim in this case is Doctor Magda Adly the director of Al Nadeem centre and the accused is Ahmed Antar Ibrahim. The details of this case go back to April 2008 where Dr Magda Adly, with a group of human rights activists, was covering a hearing in Kafr el Dawar. An area in which citizens are exposed to incidents of torture. After the…

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…

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…

A year after the death of Mohamed Goma’a Al Dahshoury, after being tortured in Fayoum Police Centre the first hearing in the trail of Police Officer Mo’ataz Abd El Mangy Abd El Monein will start on 9 September 2008. The incident dates back to 17 August 2007 when a number of police officers arrested the victim and took him to the Police centre after an altercation. In the Police Centre, according to witnesses, he was assaulted and beaten up until he lost consciousness, he was subsequently carried out by two men and left on…