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EOHR demands the immediate release of the detainees of 6 April Demonstrations
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6/4/2008
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights condemns the arrest of 68 of the demonstrators from different governorates such as (Port Said, Cairo, Kafr el Shaikh, Alexandria, Mansoura and Mahala). EOHR demands the immediate release of the detainees as an enactment to international human rights documents, which guarantee the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
The arrests took place on 6 April 2008, during the demonstration of thousands of citizens protesting the increase in prices and deteriorating economic conditions. EOHR condemns the deliberate stand of the government to ban any peaceful assembly and demonstrations. EOHR sees that these measures are a breach to Article 54 of the Egyptian Constitution, which furnishes the right to peaceful gatherings, and also a breach to Article 21 of ICCPR, which is ratified by the Egyptian Government and impeded in its national legislation according to Article 151 of the Constitution. These arrests also are a breach to the right to personal safety stipulated in international documents and the Constitution. Article 280 of the Egyptian Penal Code also banned any arrests without a permission from the concerned authority. Article 40 of the Criminal Procedures Code also stipulates: "No one shall be arrested without a direct order from the legally concerned authority, and the detainee shall be treated in a way preserving his/her dignity and shall not be harmed whether physically or psychologically".
EOHR also demands the amendment of the repressive legal framework which suppress the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, including Law 10/1914 (gathering law), Law 14/1923 (demonstration and meetings law) and finally Law 162/1958 (emergency law).
Names of citizens arrested in different governorates:
Port Said |
Islam Nagy |
1 |
Mohamed Abu El Nasr |
2 |
Cairo |
Ahmed Abdul Gawad |
1 |
Malek Mustafa |
2 |
Hasan Ibrahim |
3 |
Akram Irani |
4 |
Mohamed Sharkawy |
5 |
Mohamed Ashkar |
6 |
Fathy Krain |
7 |
Mohamed Awad |
8 |
Fahim Fouad |
9 |
Ahmed Doma |
10 |
Walid Salah |
11 |
Shadi Adl |
12 |
Hazim Miligui |
13 |
Bahaa Saleh |
14 |
Nadia Mabrook |
15 |
Esraa Abdul Salam |
16 |
Ibrahim Fouad |
17 |
Mohamed Nasr |
18 |
Mohamed Mustafa |
19 |
Fathy Farid |
20 |
Mohamed Ali |
21 |
Mohamed Abdul Koddos |
22 |
Rami Yehyia |
23 |
Ahmed Badawi |
24 |
Sarah Abdul Razik |
25 |
Sarah Abdul Ghafour |
26 |
Ahmed Hawary |
27 |
Amr Ahmed |
28 |
Diaa el Sawy |
29 |
Magdy Hussain |
30 |
Mohamed Hamad |
31 |
Mohamed Sotohy |
32 |
Abdullah Yehyia |
33 |
Ghada Gamil |
34 |
Ola Kamal |
35 |
Magdy Karkar |
36 |
Shumaila |
37 |
Shehata Saify |
38 |
Lujeen |
39 |
Kafr el Khaikh |
Adel Katar |
1 |
Gamal Munib |
2 |
Said Abdul kader |
3 |
Ahmed Helal |
4 |
Hisham Guindy |
5 |
Yehyia Abu Shakra |
6 |
Saad badawy |
7 |
Emad Attar |
8 |
Sameh Hasanain |
9 |
Alexandria |
Saida Foda |
1 |
Hassan Mostafa |
2 |
Ahmed Iraqi |
3 |
Kotb Hassanain |
4 |
Ahmed Maged |
5 |
Muhamed Mansour |
6 |
Randa Ismail |
7 |
Said Essam |
8 |
Mohamed Wassimi |
9 |
Naglaa Fawzi |
10 |
Mahallah |
Rami Menshawi |
1 |
Mansoura |
Usama Kamel |
1 |
Ayman Gohary |
2 |
Ahmed Amin |
3 |
Ahmed Gomaa |
4 |
Ahmed Fallah |
5 |
Mohamed Makkawy |
6 |
Hamed Rizk |
7 |
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