Decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on Strike out
Communication 637/16 and 639/16- Mr. Mohammed Abdel Hay Faramawy and 2
Ors (Represented by Dr. Abdel Hay Faramawy and 4 Ors) v The Arab Republic of
Egypt
Summary of the Complaint:
1.
The Secretariat of the African Commission oa Buman and Peoples' Rights (the
Secretariat)
received
2016
Dr.
from
two Complaints
Abdel
Hay
on 26
Faramawy;
September 2016
Mr.
Farooq
European Alliance for Human Rights (AED);
Mostafa Abde
October
Mohammed;
the
N Organisation, and Prof.
Mostafa Metwaly (the Complainantp) on b Ralf of
Faramawy (First Victim), Mr.
Kamel
and 10
r. Mo
ay Far
a
ed Abdel Hay
awy (Secon
Victim)
and Mr Amed farooq Kamel Mohammed (Thiri �ictim).
2.
The
Complaints
are
submitted
against
the
Arab
Republic
of
Egypt
(the
Respondent State) a State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples'
Rights (the African Chart r)}Jlaving ratified the same on 20 March 1984.
3.
The Complainants allege that on 7 March 2013, a military coup took place in
Egypt which violated all human ri
the
Egyptian
people
who
hts and still continues to eliminate a sector of
oppos
the
coup;
that
the
Coup
leaders
have
discriminated against and eliminated a sector of the indigenous people; and have
committed crimes of enforced disappearances, torture of prisoners and detainees
as well as the arrest, detention and persecution of lawyers defending the victims.
4.
The Com:r,1ainants fur-th�
allege that the truth was twisted through the use of
politici zed judges, and the victims of these alleged acts were denied their right to
defence due to the arrest and falsification of allegations
against lawyers who
represent the victims in order to pressurize them to discontinue their relevant
legal services.
5.
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