DECISION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES'
RIGHTS ON WITHDRAWAL
Communication 603/16 - Mrs. Ayatulla Alaa Hosny (represented by Dalia
Lotfy) v. Arab Republic of Egypt
Summary of the Complaint
1.
TI1e Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples'
(the
Secretariat)
Ayatulaa
Alaa
received
18
December
2015
(the Complainant), represented by
Hosny
behalf of Hassan
a Complaint on
Mahmoud
Ragab
Al
Qabany
(the
Dalia
Victim)
Rights
from
Mrs.
Lotfy, on
against
the
Arab Republic of Egypt (the Respondent State).1
2.
The
Complainant
Egyptian
(the
wife
of
freelance journalist,
January 2015 by State Security
the
born
Victim)
on
asserts
27 June
that
1983
was
Police from his house in
the
Victim,
arrested
61h
an
on
22
October City.
This arrest, U1e Complainant claims, was carried out by a team of twenty to
thirty
masked
men
who
raided
his
house
and
damaged
its
contents
without presenting any arrest or search warrant. They also failed lo inform
the Victim about the reason for his arrest and arrested the Victim's brother
Ahmed Hosny who was kept incommunicado for 24 hours but was later
released.
3.
111e
Complainant avers
that after
72
hours,
she
was
Victim was held in 6th October City State Security
was
maltreated
and
fainted
from
the
severity
informed
that
the
Department where he
of
the
torture,
which
included beatings on his face and back of his neck, electrocution in various
sensitive parts of his body and stripping him of his clothes. She received
information only after sendin g a fax to the Public Attorney inquiring on the
Victim. The Victim was allegedly tortured to extract false confessions and
he
was
not
allowed
Victim reported
Prosecutor
who
a
legal
representation
during
interrogations.
The
the torture meted out on him during interrogation to the
ignored
the
information
and
failed
to
send
him
to
a
forensic doctor for proper examination.
4.
The
Victim,
non-existing
the Complainant alleges,
offense
in
the
penal
law.
was
His
prosecuted
detention
and
has
accused
been
of a
renewed
every 45 days and he was first transferred t o ' Al Aqrab Prison' in H4 wing
4 for several months before being finally moved to H2 wing 3 where he is
currently held. 111e Complainant avers that a case of espionage for spying
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The Arab Republic of Egypt ratified the African Chancr on Human and Peoples' Rights on 20 M
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