ACHPR
African Commission on
Human and Peoples' Rights
Human Rqhts our
CoHective Responsibility
12. The Complainants allege violation of Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 17 and
19 of the African Charter.
Prayers:
13. The Complainants request the African Commission on Human and Peoples'
Rights (African Commission) to:
a. Issue an interim measure requesting that the Respondent State suspends
the Victim's execution and the death penalty nationwide;
b. Order the Respondent State to immediately release the Victim and stop all
forms of torture against him;
c. Declare that the current Egyptian Political Regime is discriminatory due to
the crimes listed in the Complaint, including racial segregation, torture,
unlawful detention, mass killing and enforced disappearance;
d. Urge the Respondent State to cease all the crimes mentioned in the
Complaint and hold the perpetrators accountable for fabricating false
accusations against the Victim;
e. Order the Respondent State to set aside the sentences passed against the
Victim, his children, and his wife on the grounds that the accusations made
against them are false; and
f. Order the Respondent State to pay compensation in the equivalent of fifty
million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000.00) for the Victim and his children, for all
the harm they endured.
Procedure:
14. The Secretariat received the Complaint on 8 October 2015 and acknowledged
receipt on 19 October 2015.
15. At its 57 th Ordinary Session, done in Banjul, The Gambia, from 4 to 18
November 2015, the Commission considered the Complaint and decided to be
seized thereof and also issued Provisional Measures.