Rule 105(2). The deadline for the Respondent State's submissions on Admissibility
was 12 May 2018.
23. Informational letters were transmitted to the Parties of the Communication from the
62nd to the 65th Ordinary Sessions.
Admissibility
The Complainants
Submissions
on Admissibility
24. The Complainants submit that the name of the person submitting the complaint and
that of the victim are mentioned in detail in the complaint.
25. The Complainants further submit that the complaint did not include any words
offensive to the state, or the African Union or other organizations, but is limited only
to a description of the abuses suffered by the victim.
26. The Complainants aver that the violations suffered by the victim are in violation of
the Charter of the African Union, specifically Articles 1 to 8, 19, 60 and 61, and that
the complaint is consistent with the Charter of the African Union.
27. The Complainants submit that "the complaint did not include the news media, but
include the enforced disappearance of the real victim, issues hyped to the victim, the
victim of torture, violation of the right of the victim as a prisoner and prevent him
treatment until he almost dies in prison."
28. The Complainants further submit that"in reality, national means to exhaust domestic
remedies after the coup have become impossible." Additionally, the Complainants
aver that: "How can there be an opportunity for national justice in Egypt if the
judiciary in Egypt has collapsed by subduing itself to the military rulers who are
ruling the country? Trials against victims free of any guide, however the judge is not
impartial and issued harsh sentences against the victim." The Complainants submit
that" any judge who is proud to be independent is dealt with by sacking or removal,"
and charged with unfounded allegations; with the same applying to attorneys and
lawyers. They submit that "Court sentences have become sentences."
29. The Complainants aver that the complaint has been forwarded within a reasonable
time in accordance with Article 56(6), after awaiting "the position of the Egyptian
judiciary on the issues" in order" to assess their independence and responsibility to
follow due process." The Complainants further aver that after having waited, it
became clear that the Egyptian judiciary was under the control of the coup regime
and had_Io~!_its ability to be independent given that it had become a partner to the
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