Articles for Egypt

They underwent legal proceedings before a military tribunal on the personal instructions of President Hosni Moubarak after having been acquitted by the competent civil jurisdiction.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention noted in its opinion of November 22, 2007 that the Egyptian Government has violated fundamental principles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and that the detention of Mr. Al Abadi is arbitrary. He recommends his release. 

The U.N working group on arbitrary detentions stated its opinion No. 24/2007 concerning the case of Mr. Mustafa Shamia who was detained for 13 years without trial and was finally released on 23 July, 2007. Alkarama organization has appealed to the U.N working group on arbitrary detentions on July 7, 2007 to intervene urgently concerning the matter of Mr. Shamia.

 Alkarama for Human Rights, 3 July 2007

 Alkarama for Human Rights has written to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to inform it of 14 cases of arbitrary detention and ask it to intervene with the Egyptian government, which ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 14 January 1982 and the Convention against Torture on 25 June 1986.

The following people have so far been detained without trial for periods of 11 to 14 years:

Alkarama for Human Rights, 19 June 2007

Over the past two years, Alkarama for Human Rights has been asked to intervene in many hundreds of cases of arbitrary detention concerning Egyptian citizens detained in some cases since 1990 – that is, for more than 17 years – by virtue of the State of Emergency Law and by simple administrative decision.

Many cases have been, and continue to be, submitted by our organisation to the UN human rights protection bodies and in particular to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.