African Human Rights CLA 2.0

5. They allege that the security forces of the Respondent State responded with a campaign of mass arrests and detentions in Northern Sinai, from where the perpetrators of the attacks were believed to have originated. According to the Complainants, among those taken into custody was the First Victim, Mohamed Gayez Sabbah. 6. The Complainants also state that on 23 July 2005, a series of new bombings took place in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula, and that following those attacks, the security forces again arrested a large number of Egyptian citizens, including Ossama Mohamed Abdel-Ghani al-Nakhlawy (the Second Victim) and Younis Mohamed Abu-Gareer (the third victim), on 12 August and 28 September 2005, respectively. 7. According to the Complainants, agents of the State Security Intelligence (the SSI) subjected the victims to various forms of torture and ill-treatment during their detention, in order to “confess” before the State Security Prosecutor for their involvement in the Taba bombings. The Complainants state that the victims were held incommunicado for a long period of time without access to a lawyer. 8. The Complainants state that the victims were denied necessary medical attention as well forensic medical examination during interrogation sessions. 2