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1/6/2002
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A Drawback from Reform
Back to Detaining and Suppressing Demonstrators in Egypt
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The following are the names of citizens arrested in case 5476/2006 Kasr Al Nile department
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ã | NAME | NOTES
| | 1. | Ahmed Maher | Al Ghad Party |
| 2. | Yasser Ismail Zaki Hamdy | Carpets trader |
| 3. | Adel Fawzy Tawfik Abdullah | Fresh graduate (Commerce) |
| 4. | Emad Fareed Abdullatif | Media assistant at Al Ghad Party |
| 5. | Mohamed Hassan Sharkawy | Student (Arabic Language - Azhar Univ) |
| 6. | Ahmed Salah | Civil Engineer |
| 7. | Hamada Raghab | Student |
| 8. | Ahmed Yasser Ahmed Al | Doury Diabetic |
| 9. | Nael Abdulhameed | Selling specialist |
| 10. | Mohamed Mohamed Rousdy Atteya | Journalist |
| 11. | Ehab Mohamed | Editor at Sayarat Magazine |
| 12. | Ahmed Saladin Ali Atteya | Freelance journalist |
Case no 415/2006 High State Security
On the afternoon of Wednesday April 26th 2006, another group of strikers in front of the Judges Club were arrested, they were referred to the SSPO in order to investigate with them in case 415/2006 High State Security.
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1. | Akram Ali Helmy
| | 2. | Bahaa Saber |
| 3. | Hussien Mohamed Ali |
| 4. | Ibrahim Al Sahary |
| 5. | Saher Gad |
| 6. | Saad Abdullah |
| 7. | Kamal Khalil |
| 8. | Malek Mustafa |
| 9. | Mohamed Dardery |
| 10. | Mohamed Adel (under 18) |
| 11. | Mohamed Abdulrahman |
| 12. | Mohamed Fawzy Imam |
| 13. | Sami Deyab |
| 14. | Gamal Abdulfatah |
| 15. | Sameh Saaed |
| 16. | Yasser Badran
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The following are the charges they faced:
- Participating in a demonstration with more than 5 persons.
- Raising rumors harmful to the public security.
- Insulting the President by swearing in public.
- Blocking the road and traffic.
- Assaulting civil servants on their job proceedings.
- Insulting the government.
Many lawyers grouped inside the SSPO headquarters from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. when the investigations started. Among the accused was "Saad Abdullah Hamdy" an agent to a soda company, and he was arrested while entering the Journalists Syndicate to collect the money of his company.
Among the detainees also was "Mohamed Adel", which the prosecution referred him to the forensic office in order to determine his age. The prosecution decided to detain the accused for 15 days for investigations.
Case 419/2006 High State Security
On the afternoon of Friday April 28th 2006, the detainees on the events of Thursday April 27th 2006 were referred to the SSPO and accused in case no. 419/2006 High State Security. And they are:
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1. | Ibrahim Abdulaziz Abduldayem |
| 2. | Ali Alsayed Ali |
| 3. | Ashraf Ibrahim Mohamed |
| 4. | Ali Fathy Ali |
| 5. | Emad Fahem Abdulghany |
| 6. | Karim Mohamed Reda |
| 7. | Fathy Abdulraof |
| 8. | Wael Ahmed Khalil |
| 9. | Mohamed Abdulmaaty Qenawy |
| 10. | Mohamed Abdullatif Taher |
| 11. | Ibrahim Alsayed |
| 12. | Hani Lotfy Alsawy
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They were accused of the following:
- Participating in a demonstration with more than 5 persons aiming at the malfunctioning of laws and affecting the practice of power by the authorities.
- Assaulting civil servants during the course of their work, and jeopardizing public security.
- Raising rumors harmful to the public security and interest.
- Acquiring print outs including bad publicity.
- Insulting the President.
- Insulting security forces personnel (officers) during their work.
- Blocking the roads.
- Acquiring arms and weapons (regarding Hamdy Abualaty).
Among the accused was Emad Fahim Abdulghany, a tax officer coming from Demeytta where he lives in a work assignment in Nasr City, Cairo. When he reached Ramsis he waited in front of Al Fath Mosque to take the bus to Nasr City, then he found a mini van stops in front of him, three persons come out of it in civil clothes asking about his ID, then put him in the car.
When he said that he is a tax officer on a mission waiting for a bus to Nasr City and let them see the official assignment letter with him, they tore it to pieces and put him with the other arrestees. Among them also was Mohamed Abdullatif Taher, coming from Mansoura searching for a job in one of the stores in Talaat Harb street, when he found officers in civil clothes taking him to a car and then to Al Khalefa police department.
Also there was Ibrahim Alsayed Atteya, owner of a store for watches in Monufeya coming to Cairo to buy spare parts. While he was walking through Isaaf street he found people in civil clothes arresting him, when he asked about the reason of the arrest they hit him several times on the face and legs, and had several injuries in the right leg.
The Prosecution's research reports mentioned that the accused stood together at the intersection of 26th of July street and Ramsis street with signs and posts including insult and defamation against the political system. Because of such demonstration the traffic halted, and they insulted the officers and blocked the road on purpose, which led to jeopardizing the public security and safety.
A set of items found with the accused was mentioned, as follows:
- Alcohol bottles.
- Paper signs.
- A facial mask of plastic and cloth.
- Plastic human skeletons.
- Orange training suit pants.
- A cloth red heart.
- A plastic sword 30 cm long.
- Cutter (weapon).
- Metal chain.
- Cloth signs.
The prosecution decided to retain the accused in custody for more 15 days.
Case no 457/2006 High State Security
On the early morning of Thursday May 11th 2006 the security forces arrested many citizens consolidating with the judges, or who were standing there by coincidence, at down town area.
The security forces referred 255 citizens of them to the High State Security Prosecution Office, where they were faced with several charges as follows:
Participating with others in a demonstration aiming at assaulting people and money, influencing the work of the authorities using force.
Subjecting traffic to danger and blocking the streets.
Producing rumors jeopardizing the public security and interest.
Insulting the President.
Insulting civil servant and officers during maintaining their work.
Investigations in the case started on 3 a.m. Friday May 12 2006.
Most of the accused confirmed that they were randomly picked up from the streets, while in Ramsis street or the side streets leading to it.
Some of them also confirmed to the lawyers of the organization who attended investigations with them that they were insulted and assaulted, their clothes torn, blindfolded with their underwear, then thrown into the police vans after being pulled in the streets, then taken to various police departments, then most of them were taken to the Central Security Camp in Tora, where they stayed in the sun for 6 hours attached and their hands cuffed, then were taken to Al Galaa headquarters. Investigations ended on 6:30 a.m. Friday May 12th 2006, as the prosecution decided to retain the accused for 15 days for the sake of investigations.
Names of some accused citizens
in case no. 457/2006 High State Security
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1. | Mahmoud Rafaat Abdulhameed |
| 2. | Sayed Nour Hussien |
| 3. | Ahmed Hamdy Mohamed |
| 4. | Abdulsatar Mohamed Abdulwahab |
| 5. | Hamdy Abdulmeniem Ibrahim |
| 6. | Mohamed Ahmed Mousa Emara |
| 7. | Mohamed Sabry Toulba |
| 8. | Omar Ali Sayed Awad |
| 9. | Mohamed Abdulraof Ahmed |
| 10. | Mohamed Fathy Mohamed Ahmed |
| 11. | Essam Zaghloul Mohamed |
| 12. | Hossam Ibrahim Abulenin |
| 13. | Fathy Ragheb Mohamed Alwahsh |
| 14. | Anwar Abdullatif Ali Mohamed |
| 15. | Ashraf Ahmed Hussien |
| 16. | Mohamed Naguib Ahmed |
| 17. | Mohamed Mohamed Aldali |
| 18. | Essam Ibrahim Kassab |
| 19. | Abdullah Mohamed Guili |
| 20. | Mohamed Albayoumy Kotb |
| 21. | Hamdy Alsayed Mohamed |
| 22. | Omar Atteya Hassan |
| 23. | Ibrahim Mohamed Abdullal |
| 24. | Ahmed Toulba Abdulatty |
| 25. | Hossam Saladin |
| 26. | Gomaa Ali Abdullah |
| 27. | Ayman Hassan Alsayed |
| 28. | Ali Mousa Mohamed Mousa |
| 29. | Khaled Sami Mahmoud |
| 30. | Mosaab Sami Mohamed |
| 31. | Saad Abdulhakam Ahmed |
| 32. | Mohamed Ali Mohamed Abdullah |
| 33. | Hesham Abdulbary Garabawy |
| 34. | Medhat Mohamed Abdulkhaliq |
| 35. | Abdulfatah Ramadan Ibrahim |
| 36. | Hussien Othman Alsayed |
| 37. | Ahmed Saad |
| 38. | Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed |
| 39. | Mahmoud Ahmed Basha |
| 40. | Mohamed Abdulmeniem Hassan Alabyad |
| 42. | Sherif Ibrahim Azzam |
| 43. | Saber Abdulazim Ragheb |
| 44. | Islam Mohamed Mahgoub |
| 45. | Wael Shabaan Mohamed |
| 46. | Mahmoud Ibrahim Mohamed Mousa |
| 47. | Ayman Saad Alsayed |
| 48. | Alsayed Mohamed Ahmed |
| 49. | Gomaa Ali Abdullah |
| 50. | Mohamed Mohamed Alshourbagy |
| 51. | Hady Abdulazia Ahmed Ghali |
| 52. | Motaz Alsayed Ahmed Ahmed |
| 53. | Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed |
| 54. | Nassir Alshahat |
| 55. | Mohamed Abdulaziz Ahmed Hemdan |
| 56. | Abdullah Amin |
| 57. | Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Alnaggar |
| 58. | Moharem Abdulatty |
| 59. | Mohamed Ahmed Yousif |
| 60. | Abdulmejed Albeshr |
| 61. | Ahmed Fahmy |
| 62. | Mohamed Hassan Ali Abdulmoula |
| 63. | Osama Balass Mohamed |
| 64. | Abdulrahman Alaa |
| 65. | Abdullah Farouq Abdullah |
| 66. | Tariq Ahmed Abdulkerem Mohamed |
| 67. | Karam Abdulsalam |
| 68. | Rabie Rizq |
| 69. | Mohamed Rafaat Abdulmejed |
| 70. | Mohamed Hassan Mohamed |
| 71. | Ahmed Hamdy Abdulazia |
| 72. | Ahmed Alsayed Ahmed Qenawy |
| 73. | Alsayed Mustafa Mohamed |
| 74. | Azmy Abdulazim |
| 75. | Ali Ali Abdulghany Moharem |
| 76. | Magdy Hassan Ali Altouhamy |
| 77. | Mohamed Mahmoud Abdullah Noufal |
| 78. | Ibrahim Hassan Abdulgawad |
| 79. | Hamed Mahmoud Hassan Aldafrawy |
| 80. | Mohamed Ahmed Ali Mohamed |
| 81. | Mohamed Adel Mohamed Abdulaziz |
| 82. | Rizq Amin Mohamed Ali |
| 83. | Fathy Gomaa Saad |
| 84. | Khaled Saad Abdulmejed Atteya |
| 85. | Mohamed Abdulmeniem Mohamed Amer |
| 86. | Adel Abdulhamed Mohamed |
| 87. | Hesham Mohamed Ahmed Sayed |
| 88. | Ahmed Abdulwahab Abuzied |
| 89. | Mohab Altantawy Khedr |
| 90. | Ibrahim Khalil Omar Zafraany |
| 91. | Gamal Abdulfatah Abdulsalam |
| 92. | Ali Mohamed Hassan Soliman |
| 93. | Aladdin Abdulaziz Mohamed |
| 94. | Yasser Alsayed Saleh |
| 95. | Mohamed Yassen Abdulmejed |
| 96. | Ragab Mohamed Lotfy |
| 97. | Osama Ahmed Abdulrahman |
| 98. | Ashraf Abdulraziq |
| 99. | Abdulmeniem Saad Abunar |
| 100. | Mohamed Ibrahim Khaled |
| 101. | Khaled Gamal Ali |
| 102. | Hamed Ahmed Haredy |
| 103. | Mohamed Fathy Albeily |
| 104. | Mohamed Fathy Abdulsamad |
| 105. | Mohamed Ahmed Hassan Gablan |
| 106. | Ibrahim Abbas Owess |
| 107. | Mansour Farouk Mahmoud Abdullah |
| 108. | Ahmed Sabry Mohamed Ali |
| 109. | Hamdy Yousif Ali Morsy |
| 110. | Mohamed Fareed Mohamed Ghazala |
| 111. | Mohamed Abdulhay Sayed Zaree |
| 112. | Gamal Mustafa Alashry |
| 113. | Mohamed Ali Abdulsalam Barakat |
| 114. | Omar Abdullah Abdullah |
| 115. | Mohamed Ali Ibrahim Al Qasas |
| 116. | Saladin Mahmoud Alshakfy |
| 117. | Hani Mohamed Saaed |
| 118. | Saaed Ibrahim Farag |
| 119. | Tariq Zenalabedeen Khater
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EOHR's lawyer found out during the follow up of the investigations with the accused in the strike and demonstrating, two important notes, which are:
First:
The Egyptian authorities is using a new mechanism for violating the citizen's right to peaceful assembly, which is accusing them with blocking the road and disturbing the traffic.
The mechanism is apparent in the accusations of the Public Prosecution to the arrestees in the vents of Monday and Wednesday, or Thursday, where they were faced with accusations like blocking the road and disturbing the traffic.
In such context, EOHR is expressing its utmost anxiety against the usage of the authorities to these accusations, as a new restraint added to the old existing ones, binding the freedom of citizens in peaceful assembly and expressing their opinions.
On the other hand, the security forces caused a state of traffic jam, as they are the ones who put a security barrier on each street leading to the court, and also (as witnessed by eye witnesses and observers of the organization) it pushed the demonstrators in front of the court and made them retreat into Ramsis street, which is a strong proof that the Egyptian authorities is using a new method in limiting the freedom of citizens in practicing their right to freedom of expression.
Regarding the second note:
The Public Prosecution is still using its wide scope of powers in detaining the accused for the sake of investigations, without any fault found on their part. EOHR's lawyers following the case found that the Prosecution Office of Kasr Al Nile and the High State Security Prosecution went wrong in using their rights of detention for 15 days, a decision which is considered in itself a punishment to potential innocents. And while the Egyptian legislator codified many reasons for such a detention at the prosecution office, the prosecution breached the codes, and while the Egyptian Constitution stipulated in its 67th Article that "Defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a fair trial", a text which is closely related to Article 14, paragraph 2 of ICCPR, the prosecution nonetheless decided to detain the defendants consolidating with the judges. And although the attorneys and lawyers of EOHR attending the investigations said that there are no enough reasons for the detention as determined in Articles 143 to 146 of the Criminal Procedures Law, and there are no strong evidences that the accused committed any of the crimes and non of them is in doubt of running away or causing harm to the lawsuit, none of this was heeded. Beside the accusations directed to them by the prosecution authority regarding demonstrating and assembly, which are accusations violating the Egyptian Constitution which gives citizens the right to peaceful assembly without holding arms or weapons, which can be concluded by the fact that none of the public properties or hospitals were harmed during the events, and indicating that the detention of the accused is a punishment for them for their consolidation with the judges.
Fourth: Dahab explosions and arresting Hussien Abdulghany
Dahab and Goura explosions
On Monday April 24th 2006 three explosions occurred in the market of Dahab coastal town in South Saini. The explosion targeted Al Mashrabeya hotel, and 23 victims fell to it… 20 Egyptians and 3 tourists, while 62 were injured… 42 Egyptians and 20 foreigners.
On Wednesday April 26th 2006 a person bombed himself in a car for the international peace keeping forces situated in Saini, while their caravan was passing the military base at Goura Airport about 8 km from Rafah passageway between Egypt and Gaza Strip. A second explosion was targeting the officer of Rafah town while he was getting out of his car from the department to investigate the first explosion which targeted the peace keeping forces. The correspondent of Al Jazeera, Hussien Abdulghany mentioned on air from the events that "two of the international forces died, and there is shooting and bombing at a barrier for the security forces, in which are 3 security officials at Balbis in Sharkeya Governorate", while the Ministry of Interiors denied what he said.
Abducting Hussien Abdulghany from Dahab
On the wake of these events Hussien Abdulghany was arrested on the evening of Wednesday April 26th 2006, while he was in a hotel in Dahab covering the events of the explosions. Three persons approached him and took him into a car, then took his cellular phone, and transported him to Sharm Al Shiekh, then Cairo.
Accusing Abdulghany according to Article 102 bis Penal Code, from the military order 1/1981
Abdulghany attended the investigations in the early morning at the SSPO, where he was accused of raising rumors disturbing the public security and safety, according to Article 102 bis Penal Code, and the accusation is related to what Mr. Hussien Abdulghany did when he transmitted the news as the correspondent of Al Jazeera, concerning the shooting and bombing at the police barrier in Balbis, Sharkeya, which the Ministry of Interiors denied.
The Prosecution decided to detain him for the investigations on the next day, Thursday April 27th 2006. He was denied the right to call any of his relatives or lawyer, and the prosecution didn't notify the Journalists Syndicate about the arrest to enable the Syndicate's members to attend, which is a direct violation to the Journalism Law no. 96/1996, which confirmed in its 43rd Article, paragraph 2 that "The Prosecution Office shall notify the Syndicate's Board before taking any measures in any investigation with a journalist".
State Security Prosecution release Hunssien Abdeulghany with a 10000 L.E. bail
On Thursday April 27th 2006 SSPO carried on investigations, as it started with him on 2 p.m.
Hussien Abdulghany defended himself saying that the denial of the Ministry of Interior was released literally in the news. Professionally, the teamwork worked by the book, and followed the rules of journalism, which is displaying various conflicting information and points of view without bias to any. Besides, the piece of news denied by the Interior wasn't only transmitted by Jazeera, but also by the international news agencies and some satellite channels. Finally, at 10 p.m. the prosecution decided to release him with a bail of 10000 L.E.
Arresting Hussien Abdulghany is an evidence on the Government's falling short of fulfilling its promises not to use the Emergency law but in cases related to terrorism
EOHR sees that the method of arresting Hussien Abdulghany and charges against him according to Article 102 bis is evident enough on the Egyptian government's falling short of fulfilling its promises that the emergency law shall not be used but in cases related to terrorism and not other cases, which is the strongest argument of the government on its renewal of the emergency law for 27 years.
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