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Communiqué to the Attorney General
Mr. Consultant The First General Attorney Of the High State Security Prosecutions Subject: First: we demand the immediate release of Mohammad Hassan Al-Said Al-Sharqawy, who is detained pending investigations in case No 517- exclusive- high state security 2006. Given the facts that Al-Sharqawy has committed no offense or illegal action and that he is a victim of police forces, the public prosecutor committed a mistake by ordering Al-Sharqawy's detention. Second: we demand that the public prosecutor immediately investigate the following (in status), for violating the detainee's rights safeguarded by the constitutional, and for breaching the Criminal Procedures Code and the Egyptian penal code: 1- The Minister of Interior 2- The head of Cairo Security Department 3- The head of the State Security Interrogations 4- The head of Qasr El-Nil Police Station They have arbitrarily misused their powers, ordered their subordinates to use excessive force, cruelty and violence with the detainee M. Al-Sharqawy, when he was under arrest, not red-handed, and when he was detained inside the police station, where he has been subject to torture, sexual abuse, cruelty maltreatment and degradation. Third: We demand the Immediate investigation with the head of Qasr El-Nil police station for committing the following offenses: 1- Overseeing the torture of M. Al-Sharqawy 2- If he has taken part in practicing torture, overseen it, allowed the criminal interrogations officers, or the state security officers to enter the police station under his supervision to torture Al-Sharqawy, or if the torture crime took place due to orders from his superiors, he would be guilty of not reporting about a crime though his certain knowledge of it. 3- Questioning the head of Qasr El-Nil police station to identify the names of the officers and the soldiers who practiced torture against Al-Sharqawy Fourth: The public prosecutor is the only body in charge of the indicted and complainer M. Sharqawy. Considering the legal principal that "the indict is innocent till proves guilty", M. Al- Sharqawy is under the protection of the public prosecutor till the end of the investigations, since Al-Sharqawy was subject to these violations, mentioned in the penal code, and in breach of the criminal procedures code, the Egyptian constitution, the international human rights agreements in which Egypt is a signatory, we call upon the public prosecution, which role is to protect society and citizens' lives and rights to: First: investigate with the minister of interior, the head of Cairo state security department, the head of state security interrogations and the head of Qasr El-Nil police station in statues, and submitting them to trial for the violations they have committed against Mohammad al-Sharaqwy Second: investigating with the head of Qasr- El-Nil police station for the crime of torturing the complainer and arresting all those who took part in this crime, or ordered, or implemented it. Sincerely Ameer Salem Lawyer in the Court of Cassation |
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