Articles for Egypt

Reliable sources indicate that Ghannam Said Mahmoud and Alaa Issa, two teachers from Al-Arish, were arrested after Taraweeh prayer on 1 September 2009 as they were leaving their local mosque.

A reliable source indicated that a further two arrests took place on 18 August 2009:

Arrest and detention

Detainees at the Kafr Al-Duwar center include:

1. Al-Safi Muhammed Ibrahim Atman
2. Mustafa Suleiman
3. Adel Abdelwahab Marji

On the afternoon of 17 August 2009, State Security supported by the Special Forces of the Central Security Agency forcibly entered the residence of Yasser Ibrahim (a chemist working at the Red Sea Port Authority) and arrested  him  in addition to  32 of his guests. Their names are:

On 5 August 2009 Alkarama sent a communication to the Special Rapporteur against Torture to ask him to urgently intervene with the Egyptian authorities.

On 10 July 2009 Alkarama made an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Torture asking him to intervene with the Egyptian authorities in the case of Mr Al Hadj.

Alkarama has appealed to the Special Rapporteur on torture in each of these cases, asking him to intervene with the Egyptian authorities.