Communication 592/15 - Hesham Hamid Elshenna (represented by Prof. Mostafa
Metwaly) v Arab Republic of Egypt
Summary of the Complaint
1.
The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the
Secretariat) received a Complaint on 15 December 2015 from Prof. Mostafa
Metwaly (the Complainant) on behalf of Mr. Hesham Hamid Hamia Elshenna
(the Victim) against the Arab Republic of Egy,
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5.
More speci cally, the Complainant alleges that the family of the Victim is one of
several families that suffered at the hands of the Authorities after the coup. He
avers that the Victim is an Egyptian national born in 1973 in Dakhalia City,
Egypt, and is married with four sons.
6.
The Complainant alleges that the Authorities fabricated charges against the
Victim which led to his subsequent arrest on 23 January 2015 even though he had
committed no offence.