Communication 625/16 - Basem Kamali Mohammed Odeh (represented by AED and
4 ors) 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 04 May 2016 from AED and ors (the
Complainants) on behalf of Mr. Basem Kamali Mohammed Odeh (the Victim)
against the Arab Republic of Egypt! (the Resporident:
The Complainants submit that they have
represent him in this case.
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The Complainant avers that on
of Egypt. It alleges
subsequently assu:
discriminatory,
-and freely elected by the people
reinafter, the Authorities) who
inmates, including violating the
nition.
More specifically, the
several families that
avers that the Victim
Cairo City Egypt, and
It further avers that the
Complainant alleges that the family of the Victim is one of
suffered at the hands of the Authorities after the coup. It
is an Egyptian national born on 16 March 1975, resides in
is married with children.
The Complainants aver that the Victim, a former Minister of Supply and Internal
Trade and Professor of Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo
University was arrested on 12 November 2013.
‘The Republic of Egypt ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 20 March, 1984
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