Date
Type
Case No
Country
EGY 18/2013
23/12/2013 Egypt
JUA
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
13/05/2014
Allegations of arbitrary arrest and detention of demonstrators and student activists.
According to the information received, on 26 or 27 November 2013, the police
arrested 14 individuals in Al ‘Ameria neighbourhood, Cairo, during demonstrations
against military trials of civilians and law No. 107 on ““Regulating Rights of Public
Assemblies, Processions and Peaceful Protests” (“the Law”). On the same evening,
Mr. Ibrahim Jamal, a 19-year-old student of Al Azhar University, was also arrested by
the police while travelling in a taxi. Mr. Jamal and the 14 individuals were reportedly
held by the police in the New Cairo area. On 9 December 2013, the following 17
students were arrested by the police during a student demonstration at Al Azhar
University: Mr. Sami Mohamed Hafiz Ahmad; Mr. Mokhtar Tharwat Mokhtar
Hassanein; Mr. Yasser Suliman Abd Alqader; Mr. Moaaz Ahmed Ali; Mr. Ibrahim
Qabbani Hussein; Mr. Ahmad Mohamed Mohamed Abbas; Mr. Ahmad Said Abdallah
Amara; Mr. Ibrahim Samir Kamil; Mr. Osama Mohamed Mohamed Ahmad; Mr.
Ahmad Ali Ibrahim; Mr. Mohamed Bahi Hussein Mohamed; Mr. Ahmad Abd
Alqader Abd Alqader Mohamed; Mr. Kamil Alsayed Kamil Alsayed; Mr. Abd
Alrahman Mohamed Abdeltawab Mohamed; Mr. Abdallah Shafiq Hilmi Mustafa; Mr.
Ahmed Jamal Mohamed Hammam; and Mr. Osama Gamal el din Mohamed Ibrahim.
Furthermore, the following 10 student activists were arrested by the police on the
same day while meeting at a café near Al Azhar University: Mr. Mohammed
Mokhtar; Mr. Ahmed Abdelaziz; Mr. Mohammed Nasr; Mr. Mohammed Abdellatif;
Mr. Hussam Al Khuli; Mr. Nader Nour; Mr. Motya’ Yassin; Omar Al Shahat; Mr.
Ahmed Othman; and Mr. Kamal Aldeen Ahmad. These students were reportedly in
police custody in the New Cairo area pending investigation by the prosecution.
A/HRC/26/21
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