• EGYPT
  • September 19, 2017
  • 3 minutes read

Nine Aqrab Detainees Restart Open Hunger Strike

Nine Aqrab Detainees Restart Open Hunger Strike

 A number of political prisoners at the notorious Aqrab Prison announced a hunger strike as of Sunday, September 17, 2017, in protest against the extremely squalid and oppressive conditions in the military coup regime’s harsh jail. They are also protesting the abuses dealt them by State Security Officer Ahmed Saif and the Investigation Officer Ahmed Abul-Wafa, under the direct supervision of Major General Mohamed Al-Kholisi.



The hunger strikers are:


Dr. Mohamed Ali Bishr


Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Barr


Dr. Essam Al-Erian


Dr. Mohamed Wahdan


Dr. Mohamed Saad Eliwa


Essam Sultan


Dr. Abdullah Shehata


Gehad Al-Haddad


Dr. Ahmed Aref