Egypt

In a case that has triggered widespread concern among human rights organizations, Malaysian authorities have detained Egyptian national Marwan Mohamed Magdy Osman Ahmed, a university student residing in Malaysia, after he wrote protest slogans on the outer walls of the Egyptian embassy in Kuala Lumpur. His messages called for opening the Rafah border crossing and showed solidarity with the people of Gaza under siege.

The undersigned human rights organisations express their deep concern regarding the ongoing situation at Al-Wadi Al-Jadid Prison in Egypt, also known as the 'Death Prison', in light of the open-ended hunger strike launched by dozens of detainees in Ward 4. The strike is in protest at inhumane detention conditions and treatment amounting to collective psychological and physical torture.

In recent days, we have received reports and testimonies confirming the following:

The undersigned human rights organizations strongly condemn the severe and systematic deterioration of detention conditions at Badr 3 prison, which poses an immediate threat to the lives of political prisoners in Egypt and constitutes a blatant violation of fundamental humanitarian standards as well as national and international laws.