Decision for Strike Out
Communication 543/15 - European Alliance for Human Rights (AED) and 3 Others v.
Arab Republic of Egypt
Summary of the Complaint
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The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the
Secretariat) received a Complaint on 12 January,2015 from European Alliance for
Human Rights (AED), Dr Ezz al-Din
aab Allam and Dr Amir
The Complaint is submitted against
State), a State Party to the Afric
African Charter).1
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mit.a list of names from a case which had been brought
ministrative Court of the State Council, headed by Judge
Mohammed Mahmoud, deputy head of the State Council, concerning a demand
for the revocation of citizenship of those on the said list, including the third and
fourth Complainant herein.
The Complainants allege that the leaders of the Coup have gone further to label
and arrest lawyers and judges to make them step away from defending the
victims.
The Complainants state that after the Coup it has been impossible to get judicial
remedies. The Complainant also affirms that this Complaint has never been
presented before any international dispute settlement forum.
1 Egypt ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 20 March 1984.