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Saber’s hands with rope, beat him and applied electric shocks to his
testicles. This treatment resulted in injuries to his chest, marks around
his wrist, a wound and scars on his arm, and bruises on his back. The
station officer allegedly kicked and beat Ahmed Abdel Moniem Mohamed.
Eaman Abdel El Moniem was allegedly stripped of her clothes, beaten, and
threatened with rape. Mona Mohamed Gad was allegedly stripped of her clothes,
and threatened with rape and electric shocks. The Public Prosecutor was said
to be investigating the incident.
206. Abdel Mohamed Ibrahim was reportedly dragged down the stairs and onto the
street on 29 June 1994 by an investigation squad from the 15th May-Helwan
police station. He fainted and was allegedly ill-treated at the police
station during one week’s detention. He was transferred to hospital, where he
received stitches on his forehead and stitches above his eyebrow. He also
sustained injuries to his head, back and chest.
207. Amr Mohamed Safarat, reportedly arrested and held at Ein Shams police
station for nine days without food in October 1993, was allegedly subjected to
torture at the police station and at SSI premises and was subsequently
transferred to a hospital for mental illness. A hospital report indicated
severe injuries on the back, side and legs. He died in hospital
after 50 days, allegedly because of a deteriorating condition and neglect.
208. Abdel Meguid Khalifa was reportedly arrested at his home on 4 April 1994
by a force of officers and soldiers from al-Wasta, Beni Suef Governorate,
along with a mobile unit from Cairo Transport Police Investigations. They
were in search of his son, Ramadan Abdel Maguid, but took Abdel Meguid Khalifa
in his son’s absence. On 10 April Ramadan Abdel Maguid and his brother
Mahmoud Abdel Maguid were arrested and taken to the al-Wasta police station.
Their mother, Fayza Abdel Salam, went to the station to inquire about the
three arrested members of her family and was herself detained. She reportedly
heard her husband’s screams on 3 May 1994 and rushed to find her husband with
his hands and feet chained and the lower part of his body on fire, with the
police station chief and others attempting to unchain him and extinguish
the fire. Abdel Meguid Khalifa was transferred to hospital and died
on 7 May 1994. Fayza Abdel Salam was allegedly pressured to drop a complaint
filed concerning her husband’s death and remained unaware of the whereabouts
of her two detained sons.
209. Fateh El Bab Abdel Monniem Shaalan and his son Yasser Fateh El Bab Abdel
Moniem Shaalan were reportedly detained on 15 August 1994 at Helwan police
station in connection with a charge of firearms possession.
Yasser Fateh was allegedly suspended, whipped and confined in an area known as
"the refrigerator". His father was allegedly beaten to death. The
prosecution detained an officer, subsequently released on bail, on torture
charges.
210. By the same letter, the Special Rapporteur sought from the Government
clarification and follow-up information pursuant to the Government’s replies
to a number of previously transmitted cases.
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