r{:�,, ACHPR \ . · · African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our CoHective Responsibility DECISION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS ON STRIKE OUT COMMUNICATION 578/15 - DR. HOSSAM ABOUBAKR ELSEDDIK EISHAHHT ABOUELEZZ V. THE 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 1 October 2015 from the European Alliance for Human Rights (AED), Mrs. Maha Elsayed Elsayed Abou Elezz and one other individual who sought anonymity (the Complainants), on behalf of Dr Hossam Aboubaker Elseddik Eishahhat Abouelezz (the Victim). 2. The Complaint is submitted against The Arab Republic of Egypt (the Respondent State), which is a State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter). 1 3. The Complainants allege that the Victim is an Egyptian national who was born in 1961 and resides in Cairo. They aver that he was arrested on 17 September 2013 without being informed of the charges against him and that his family was not aware of his whereabouts for a month. The Complainants submit that the charges against the Victim were fabricated following his arrest. 4. The Complainants allege that the Victim was taken to Akrab Prison where he was subjected to physical and mental torture. They add that he was confined to a cramped isolation cell with poor ventilation, no bed and no light. He was also denied food, clean water, medication, and contact with his family and lawyer. 5. The Complainants submit that there were four (4) cases against the Victim. In Case Number 5 of 2014 of the Criminal Supreme State Security, he was accused of organizing protests and carrying out sit-ins in Rabi' aunder, in which fourteen (14) people were sentenced to death by hanging, including the Victim, and thirty-seven (37) others were sentenced to life imprisonment. 6. In Case Number 7294 of 2013 of the Criminal Qalioub, the Complainants aver that the Victim was accused of conspiring with other protesters on Qaliob Road, in which ten (10) people were sentenced to death by hanging and thirty-seven (37) others were sentenced to life imprisonment, including the Victim. In Case Number 2414 of 2013 of the Criminal Mokattam, the Victim was accused of aiding and abetting in the murder of Abdul Rahman Karem Mohallld:�i:EB=t:::::-.. � 1 Egypt ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter) on 20 llPage -'l,... <,<,\o c;,1:.CRET4i;>1. 41(0 4)' � � ,__....__ � ,Jrch � � � "'o. -� (. -'1'4 )!!?i �t J °"" %;,?() ,s,Q �/CAIN\:. O --.;'<-°" '? '11"1� E7 DES p\:.-v