lennart
28-03-03, 13:26
http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/03/egypt032603.htm
Egypt: Torture of Anti-war Demonstrators Continues
Urgent independent investigation needed
(Cairo, March 26, 2003) Egyptian authorities should act immediately to stop continuing arrests and torture of anti-war demonstrators, three leading international human rights groups said today.
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Arrests have continued since hundreds of activists and demonstrators, as well as onlookers and passers-by, were detained at and around scattered anti-war rallies held across Cairo on Friday, March 21. Police responded to the demonstrations with excessive force, beating large numbers of participants and conducting arrests. Police also occupied the Lawyers' Syndicate for almost six hours, arresting lawyers both outside and within its precincts. Detainees were taken to the al-Darrassa Central Security Camp as well as to the Lazoghli State Security Investigations Headquarters. Some of those detained have since been released, and sixty-eight were brought before public or State Security prosecutors. However, an unknown number are still being held incommunicado, in violation of the legal requirement that detainees be referred to a prosecution office within twenty-four hours of arrest
The total number and whereabouts of the detainees remains unknown. Some may still be held at al-Darrassa Central Security camp; some are believed to be at Tora al-Makhoum prison; some may be held in police stations around Cairo. The detainees include at least three children under the age of 15, who were charged at the Qasr al Nil prosecution office on March 22, as well as a 16-year-old girl charged at the al Azbakiya prosecution office. Human Rights Watch received information on March 21 from attorney Gamal 'Id, then held at al-Darrassa camp, that 15-year-olds were being held in a cell with adults.
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Activist Manal Khaled and lawyer Ziad Abdel Hamid al-Uleimi were beaten severely when arrested separately on March 21. Manal Khaled also states that State Security officer Hossam Salama threatened her with rape on her arrest. A medical doctor from the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, an Egyptian nongovernmental organization, saw both detainees in the al Azbekeyya police station on March 22, and told Human Rights Watch that Manal Khaled's eye was severely injured, while al-Uleimi's arm was broken. Manel Khaled told lawyers and activists on March 25 that she was denied the right to see a forensic doctor to document the injury: a health inspector (mufatish tibbi), a medical officer of lower rank, told her she had sustained eye damage and needed medical attention, but did not treat her or ensure that she received care. Ziad Abdel Hamid al-Uleimi stated that a health inspector had told him his arm was broken in three places, but did not treat him or ensure the provision of care. Both were subsequently beaten again in al-Khalifa police station (see below)
Twelve defendants--including Manal Khaled and Ziad al-Uleimi-- appeared before the al Azbekiya Public Prosecutor on March 22 and were transferred that night to al-Khalifa police station. Officers beat all of them severely with sticks and belts. Lawyers met Manal Khaled as she was being led away from the police station; in tears, she told them that it was a "death beating session" ['alaqat mout] and that "The guys are being crushed inside. "Khaled later told lawyers that officers in al-Khalifa threatened her and two other female detainees with rape. One defendant, Gamal 'Id, told lawyers at his renewal hearing that officers beat him so hard they broke a stick on his body; he also said that he believed his arm was broken and he had been denied medical attention.
At least five detainees were reportedly tortured with electroshock at the Lazoghli State Security Investigations Headquarters between the hours of midnight and 2:30 AM on Saturday, March 21, 2003
Nourhan Thabit, a pregnant Cairo University student, was kicked both during her arrest on March 22, 2003, and while held blindfolded and handcuffed in police custody.
etc.
Nog een nazi regime dat moet vallen, jammer alleen dat de VS dit regime steunt.
Egypt: Torture of Anti-war Demonstrators Continues
Urgent independent investigation needed
(Cairo, March 26, 2003) Egyptian authorities should act immediately to stop continuing arrests and torture of anti-war demonstrators, three leading international human rights groups said today.
(....)
Arrests have continued since hundreds of activists and demonstrators, as well as onlookers and passers-by, were detained at and around scattered anti-war rallies held across Cairo on Friday, March 21. Police responded to the demonstrations with excessive force, beating large numbers of participants and conducting arrests. Police also occupied the Lawyers' Syndicate for almost six hours, arresting lawyers both outside and within its precincts. Detainees were taken to the al-Darrassa Central Security Camp as well as to the Lazoghli State Security Investigations Headquarters. Some of those detained have since been released, and sixty-eight were brought before public or State Security prosecutors. However, an unknown number are still being held incommunicado, in violation of the legal requirement that detainees be referred to a prosecution office within twenty-four hours of arrest
The total number and whereabouts of the detainees remains unknown. Some may still be held at al-Darrassa Central Security camp; some are believed to be at Tora al-Makhoum prison; some may be held in police stations around Cairo. The detainees include at least three children under the age of 15, who were charged at the Qasr al Nil prosecution office on March 22, as well as a 16-year-old girl charged at the al Azbakiya prosecution office. Human Rights Watch received information on March 21 from attorney Gamal 'Id, then held at al-Darrassa camp, that 15-year-olds were being held in a cell with adults.
(....)
Activist Manal Khaled and lawyer Ziad Abdel Hamid al-Uleimi were beaten severely when arrested separately on March 21. Manal Khaled also states that State Security officer Hossam Salama threatened her with rape on her arrest. A medical doctor from the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, an Egyptian nongovernmental organization, saw both detainees in the al Azbekeyya police station on March 22, and told Human Rights Watch that Manal Khaled's eye was severely injured, while al-Uleimi's arm was broken. Manel Khaled told lawyers and activists on March 25 that she was denied the right to see a forensic doctor to document the injury: a health inspector (mufatish tibbi), a medical officer of lower rank, told her she had sustained eye damage and needed medical attention, but did not treat her or ensure that she received care. Ziad Abdel Hamid al-Uleimi stated that a health inspector had told him his arm was broken in three places, but did not treat him or ensure the provision of care. Both were subsequently beaten again in al-Khalifa police station (see below)
Twelve defendants--including Manal Khaled and Ziad al-Uleimi-- appeared before the al Azbekiya Public Prosecutor on March 22 and were transferred that night to al-Khalifa police station. Officers beat all of them severely with sticks and belts. Lawyers met Manal Khaled as she was being led away from the police station; in tears, she told them that it was a "death beating session" ['alaqat mout] and that "The guys are being crushed inside. "Khaled later told lawyers that officers in al-Khalifa threatened her and two other female detainees with rape. One defendant, Gamal 'Id, told lawyers at his renewal hearing that officers beat him so hard they broke a stick on his body; he also said that he believed his arm was broken and he had been denied medical attention.
At least five detainees were reportedly tortured with electroshock at the Lazoghli State Security Investigations Headquarters between the hours of midnight and 2:30 AM on Saturday, March 21, 2003
Nourhan Thabit, a pregnant Cairo University student, was kicked both during her arrest on March 22, 2003, and while held blindfolded and handcuffed in police custody.
etc.
Nog een nazi regime dat moet vallen, jammer alleen dat de VS dit regime steunt.