- EGYPT
- September 3, 2016
- 12 minutes read
Lawyers Statement on Coup Security Kidnapping, Disappearance of Mohamed Sadek
The undersigned condemn, in the strongest terms, the continued escalation by the Interior Ministry and security apparatuses of the oppressive policy that aims to terrorize and intimidate lawyers and defenders of human rights, and to prevent them from doing their duty of support for victims of violations.
Coup security forces kidnapped Mohamed Mahmoud Sadek, lawyer and human rights researcher, on Tuesday evening – August 30, 2016 from Giza governorate train station, where he was arrested and taken to an undisclosed location.
Despite their best endeavors, Sadek’s family and lawyers have been unable to locate him until this moment.
Mohamed Sadek is a member of the Aqrab Prison detainees’ defense team. Most of his work is in defense of the victims of violations of the security agencies, which is most probably the reason behind his unwarranted arrest and enforced disappearance – until the writing of this statement – without a crime, and in blatant violation of the Constitution, relevant laws and international conventions.
The undersigned affirm that the policies pursued by the Ministry of Interior to arrest, abduct and assault lawyers, and even torture them to death, have become intolerable.
The signatories demand the immediate release, without delay, of Sadek, and fair and prompt trials for all those who issued a warrant for his arrest and forced disappearance.
The undersigned further assert that they will stand with full force against all attempts to terrorize lawyers and human rights defenders – attempts that never stopped since July 3, 2013.
They also affirm that they are determined to persist in their way to seek redress for grievances and to stand against all attempts to violate the law and the Constitution by the Interior Ministry and its various organs.
Signatories:
1. Mukhtar Muneer – lawyer
2. Mahmoud El-Shafei – lawyer
3. Ahmed Radi – lawyer
4. Osama Abdel-Hakim – lawyer
5. Ezzat Ghoneim – lawyer
6. Halim Hanish – lawyer
7. Mohamed Hafez – lawyer
8. Amr Ahmed – lawyer
9. Shorouk Ali – lawyer
10. Hoda Abdel-Moneim – cassation lawyer, former member of the Human Rights Council
11. Mohamed Abu-Huraira – lawyer
12. Mohamed Baqir – lawyer
13. Mohamed Saber – lawyer
14. Mohamed Galal – lawyer
15. Sameh Al-Nimr – lawyer
16. Hani Abdel-Latif – lawyer
17. Amr Ali-Eddin – lawyer
18. Gharib Mohamed – lawyer
19. Mohamed Abdel-Salam – lawyer
20. Fagr Atef – journalist
21. Ayah Shawky – journalist
22. Osama Nassif – lawyer
23. Osama Youssef – lawyer
24. Alaa Abdel-Monsef – lawyer
25. Ahmed Abu-Zeid – journalist
26. Atef Mohamed Arafah – lawyer
27. Ahmed Khairullah – lawyer
28. Ragab Hinnawi – lawyer
29. Ahmed Abul-Saad – lawyer
30. Hani Dardery – lawyer
31. Mohamed Mounir – lawyer
32. Mohamed Abu-Zaid – lawyer
33. Abdul-Aziz Youssef – lawyer
34. Mohamed Fayyad – lawyer
35. Islam Salama – lawyer
36. Mohamed Farahat – lawyer
37. Ahmed Adel – lawyer
38. Mustafa Fouad – lawyer
39. Mossaad Mohamed – lawyer
40. Mustafa Hamdi – lawyer
