denied
access
to
lawyers.
The
torture
allegedly
included
assault,
suspension
by
the
wrists, electric shocks and threats of rape to their female relatives. The Complainant avers
that the records of the National Security Reports for the arrest of two of the Victims who
were arrested on 19 and 20 April 2015 respectively, were post-dated by two months in
order to cover up the prolonged periods of secret detention. The Complainant states that
complaints filed by families of the Victims with the Public Prosecutor's Office following
their forced disappearances and torture were not acted upon and the cases closed.
10. The Complainant alleges that the sentence in this case was based solely on the statements
obtained under torture and the testimonies of state security officers. The Complainant
alleges that the Court failed to consider an expert report on the manner of detonation of
the explosives and also ignored eyewitness testimonies which confirmed that the Victims
were not present at the scene when the crime took place, as well as the admission by the
military investigators that the CCTV'footage could not accurately identify the culprits.
11. The third case relates to the upholding on 03 July 2017 by the Court of Cassation of the
death sentence verdict of three of the Victims who took part in a sit-in at Rabaa
Adawiya,
which
was
violently
dispersed
by
the
Dispersal case). The Complainant alleges that the
Egyptian
security
forces
Al
(Rabaa
Victims were arrested and forcibly
disappeared, and while in detention, were subjected to severe beatings and electrocution.
The Complainant further
reliance
by
prosecutors
the
and
Court
alleges
on
failure
by
that the
information
the
trial
in
Court to
was
case
allow
rife with
papers
the
irregularities,
which
Victims
to
had
been
including
Jost
present their
by
the
defence
witness-es.
12. The fourth case relates to the upholding on 24 April 2017 by the Court of Cassation ofthe
death sentence verdict of one of the Victims for allegedly killing a Coptic man during a
protest
in
Alexandria
Complainant
incident,
and
avers
these
that
on
a
15
key
August
2013
eyewitness
contradictions
were
(Alexandria
gave
five
protest
different
not addressed
killing
accounts
case).
of
in the judgement,
the
the
The
same
Court
disregarded stark differences between the account of the arrest told by the defence and
the criminal investigation agent and the Court also disregarded an official statement from
his employer that the Victim was in fact at work when the crime was committed. The
Complainant further avers that the Victim was tortured by the NSA in a failed attempt to
get him to confess and that the Court relied solely on the testimony of one witness who
was pressured into testifying by an NSA officer.
13. The fifth and final case relates to the upholding on 16 September 2017 by the Court of