20. The Complainants also submit that the Fourth Victim lodged a complaint on 5 June 2005 at the Qasr Al-Nil PPO and received threats from a group of unidentified men to withdraw the complaint. 21. According to the Complainants, the Victims‟ cases were classified as misdemeanors in violation of Article 242 of the Penal Code. They submit that an investigation was instituted on 25 May 2005, and was completed AC HP R on 27 December 2005 when the PPO announced that a decision not to prosecute had been taken due to the inability to identify the perpetrators. 22. The Complainants submit that the Victims appealed the decision of the PPO not to prosecute to the Appeal Misdemeanors Chamber of the First Instance Court of Southern Cairo (the Appeal Chamber). However, on 1 April 2006, the Appeal Chamber dismissed the case. They state that though the Appeal Chamber‟s decision found that the assaults had taken place on the Victims, it was impossible to identify the perpetrators. Articles alleged to have been violated 23. The Complainants state that the aforementioned acts and omissions constitute a violation of Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 7(1)(a), 9(2), 16, 18(3) and 26 of the African Charter by the Respondent State. Prayers: 24. The Complainants state that, in requesting the African Commission on Human and Peoples‟ Rights (the African Commission ) to examine their case, the Victims seek: 6