6.
The Complainants state that the First Victim is a 31 years old Egyptian national, a
teacher by profession and is married with one child; the Second Victim is a 25
years
old
Egyptian national,
a student and
single;
while
the
Third
Victim
is
Egyptian, 30 years old, single and a lawyer.
7.
The
Complainants
submit that sometime
during the month of Ramadan
after
midnight on
15 July 2013
(i.e
when muslims fast throughout the day and only
eat at night and late before down), the Victims went out to dinner at a restaurant
in Nasr City, Cairo. The Complainants state thaj before the Victims arrived the
restaurant, they found a group of people gathered together. In the commotion,
the Victims left their car and went to inquire about the gathering, where they
found a suspected thief caught b� th�*'gro
p a
a
wJfo wa
. eing beaten with
sticks.
8.
The Complainants allege
at the Victims rescued the susp,ected thief from the
mob, took him into their car and drove off.,in. order to tak
him to the nearest
hospitals as he was bleeding from the wounds inflicted on him by the mob. The
Complainants also allege-that on their way to fhe,.hospital, the Victim had a tyre
puncture just
9.
lose to a polic
check point.
The Complamants aver that at th
police chec
the
whether they are in support of
P,Oint, a Police Officer asked them
military coup or against it, and they replied
that they are against the coup. Upon hearing that they are against the Coup, the
police arrested them together with the wounded suspected thief and detained
them in solitaiy confinement at the police station. The Complainants allege that
the police prevented the Victims from communicating with their families or with
their lawyers.
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10. The ComplaW�ts allege that while in detention, the Police Officer blind folded
the Victims and the suspected thief, administered electric shocks on them and
severely beat them up. That in the process of torturing the suspected thief, the
police
amputated
his
finger.
The
Complainants
add
that
the
Victims
were
tortured because they had said they are against the coup.
11.
The
Complainants
also
allege
that
the
Police
later
fabricated
a
charge
and
charged the Victims with torturing the thief and amputating his finger. They add
that
the
police
department,
invited
who
the
public
personally
prosecutor
conducted
an
that
same
investigation
night
on
to
the
the
police
charge
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