Egypt: Ibrahim Moujahid twice tortured now illegally held at Damanhour prison
On 28 April 2010, Alkarama sent his case to the Special Rapporteur on Torture, requesting that the Egyptian authorities conduct a full and impartial investigation into the acts of torture suffered by Ibrahim Mujahid, to establish who is responsible in order punish the perpetrators.
Ibrahim Mohamed Mujahid, 18, is in his 2nd year at Kwaisna Art Institute , and he lives in Al-Gharbiya governorate.
After being tortured by the security guards, they handed Ibrahim Mujahid over to police officers in Al-Kwaisna who also insulted, threatened and violently beat him. They also prevented him from sleeping and drinking for three days. He was then presented to the court of Al-Kwaisna, where the prosecutor ordered his immediate release after ruling that, in fact, he hadn't broken the law.
However, the release order was not carried out, and on 11 March 2010 Ibrahim Mujahid was transferred to the local intelligence headquarters in Al-Kum Beshbeen. He was placed under administrative detention on the pretext of "belonging to a banned religious organization."
On 12 March 2010, Ibrahim Mujahid was again taken to Al-Kwaisna police station. On the following day he was transferred to Damanhour prison, where he is currently being held without any contact with the outside world.
Ibrahim Mujahid has seemingly been the victim of serious acts of torture and other ill-treatment by state agents, in violation of Article 2 of the Convention against Torture, which has been ratified by Egypt.
These practices have tended to spread and perpetuate themselves because of the almost total impunity afforded to the perpetrators by the Egyptian authorities.
Egypt ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 14 January 1982. It has also party to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment since 25 June 1986.