{f��)ACHPR ·· " · African Comm1ss1011 on Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Collective Responsibility DECISION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS ON STRIKE OUT COMMUNICATION 575/15: DR MOHAMED IBRAHIM AL-BELTAGY 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 8 October 2015 from the European Alliance for Human Rights (AED), Mrs. Maha Sana's Abdul Jawad Mohammed Mohamed and one other individual who sought anonymity (the Complainants), on behalf of Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Beltagy (the Victim). The Complaint is submitted against the Arab Republic of Egypt (Respondent State), which is a State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter). 1 2. The Complainants submit that the Victim is an Egyptian national who was born in 1963, resides in Cairo and works as a professor at a University. The Complainants aver that the Victim has been charged with thirty-five (35) fabricated crimes he did not commit, for which he has been sentenced to death by hanging for two cases, rigorous imprisonment for over one hundred seventy (170) years for some cases, and the rest of the cases were pending before the courts. The Complainants contend that the judiciary is not independent and the accusations made against the Victim are false. 3. The Complainants allege that the Victim was subjected to torture and confined to a cramped isolation cell with poor ventilation, no bed and no light. They add that he was denied food, clean water, medication, and contact with his family and lawyer. 4. The Complainants elaborate on some of the cases brought against the Victim. The Complainants state that in Case Number 5 of 2014 of the Criminal Supreme State Security, the Victim was accused of calling on people to protest and carry out sit-ins, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Complainants add that in Case Number 7294 of 2013 of the Criminal Qalioub, the Victim was accused for collaborating with other protesters on the Qalioub Road, which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. They also state that in Case Number 124 of 2013 of the Criminal Supreme State Security, the Victim was accused for collaborating with Hamas in Palestine, and sentenced to death by hangi��tt:::� ,;,,O"' ON N(J�"l �,<;, � (.,0 1 Egypt ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter) on 20 M 1I Page j -1, 5r.CRET-'Ii;> <11, '<1,- 0 �9 4. ;(�: 4�u� <· O,i, '-:J AU-uA � \ :!1� e, £ cr QQ? c,..., -S-0.-i, "'l"J?iCAINr. O�"., �";, ,Ire!:' I:; DES pr.I.I\>'-'