47. The Complainant submits that in relation to the Kafr Al Sheikh case, while new evidence
has come to light which shows the true perpetrators of the crime, including an admission
of guilt in a separate case, the military court refused to admit or investigate this evidence,
or to halt the death sentences. The Complainant further avers that it obtained reports
from the National Security Agency related to the official investigation in this case, in
which it is indicated that no evidence was found when the homes of the accused were
searched, to implicate them in the alleged offense, yet they were arrested and detained.
48.
The Complainant further submits that in interviews with family members of the Victims
who were executed, they related that the Victims had been forcibly disappeared and
showed signs of torture. The Complainantavers that several complaints were filed with
the
Attorney
allegations
of
General
following
kidnapping
and
the
disappearance
torture
were
not
of
the
ictirns,
investiga ed
and
but
that
dismissed
these
on
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December 2015 without any charges. The Complainant also avers that defense witness
testimonies were not mentioned in the final verdict, and that while one Victim took off
his shirt during the trial to show wounds that he had sustained to the judge, the judge
did not acknowledge the visible signs and failed to take any action.
49. In relation to the Alexandria protest case, ilie Complainant submits that the wife and
daughter of one of the Victims indicated in interviews that there was no evidence to link
him to the incident, as he was at his place of work, which is not close to where the incident
took place. In relation to the police guard murder case, the Complainant submits that
media interviews with friends and family of the Victims indicate that they were not
informed about the whereabouts of the Victims after their arrest, and they were held in
inhuman conditions.
50. The Complainant also
submits
"further
evidential background"
which
relates
to the
Respondent State's human rights record in general, which it submits provides further
evidence on the treatment of detainees, those subject to the death penalty and accused of
criminal offences in Egypt.
This evidence is obtained from public
sources, including
reports by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the International Federation
for
Human
Rights.
In
this
regard
they
refer
to
statistics
of
documented
forced
disappearances, similar cases where individuals were executed following flawed trials,
as well as indications of mistreatment in prisons, arbitrary detentions, systemic summary
executions of those held in detention and detention without trial. The Complainant states
that al�
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