60. The Complainants also claim that human rights organizations requested the authorities to allow the protesters to retrieve their property from the park. They say that on 2 January 2007, a group of non-governmental organizations acting on behalf of the protesters sent a petition to the Prosecutor General demanding the return of the protesters’ belongings which were barricaded in the park after the protest. They said no response was received from the authorities regarding the protesters’ property. 61. The Complainants aver that as well as having been set out in the complaint of December 2005, the facts of this case were notorious and widely reported and that the Egyptian authorities were obliged to carry out a thorough, effective and independent investigation and to hold to account those responsible. They inform the Commission that no official documents have ever been issued by the District Attorney explaining any steps taken to investigate the complaints, or explaining his decisions to close the initial case on 03 June 2006 or to reject the petition for reopening it on 04 September 2006. 62. The Complainants further aver that to date no attempts have been made by the Egyptian authorities to bring to account law enforcement officials responsible for the alleged human rights violations that occurred in the park. They state that as far as they are aware, no investigation or inquiry into the events was ever carried out. They further claim that the complaints filed on behalf of the Victims and other individuals affected by events in the Park on 30 December 2005 have never been followed up. The Complainants conclude that there is nothing to indicate that they have been acted upon or even responded to by the Egyptian authorities and further state that the complaints have never been considered by Egyptian courts of law. 63. The Complainants conclude that there are, therefore, no remedies in Egypt for those affected by the brutal events which resulted in loss of life and serious injuries on 30 December 2005. They state that the Victims have had no recourse for the violations they suffered during the assault in the park and the unavailability of remedies within the Respondent State is borne out by the refusal of the authorities to take the most basic steps to investigate the events that took place in the park that day, and supported by the unconvincing reasons given for this failure. The Complainants conclude that the Victims have 14