Continuation of the repressive policy pursued by the current Egyptian authorities against the students of colleges and universities of Egypt, security forces continue to hide, “Abdullah Mohammed Saad Sammanud”, second year student at the Faculty of Arts, University of Zagazig for the seventh day in a row.
The student has been arrested by was released pending investigations, then the security forces on Saturday 10/3/2015 arrested him again in front of his home arbitrarily without permission or a court order reasoned, and then he was taken to an undisclosed location to any of his family or his lawyer, his whereabouts are still unknown to this moment , it is worth mentioning that we had received news of his torture at the hands of the security forces to force him to confess to charges he did not commit.
The student arbitrary arrest and force disappearance are flagrant violation of the laws and international conventions to which Egypt has signed and ratified, particularly as stated in Article 55 of the Egyptian Constitution and the current, which states that: “Every person who is either arrested, detained, or his freedom is restricted shall be treated in a manner that maintains his dignity. He/she may not be tortured, intimidated, coerced, or physically or morally harmed; and may not be seized or detained except in places designated for that purpose, which shall be adequate on human and health levels. The State shall cater for the needs of people with disability. Violating any of the aforementioned is a crime punished by Law. An accused has the right to remain silent. Every statement proved to be made by a detainee under any of the foregoing actions, or threat thereof, shall be disregarded and not be relied upon”
As well as article 54 which states: ” Personal freedom is a natural right, shall be protected and may not be infringed upon. Except for the case of being caught in flagrante delicto, it is not permissible to arrest, search, detain, or restrict the freedom of anyone in any way except by virtue of a reasoned judicial order that was required in the context of an investigation, every person whose freedom is restricted shall be immediately notified of the reasons therefore; shall be informed of his/her rights in writing; shall be immediately enabled to contact his/her relatives and lawyer; and shall be brought before the investigation authority within twenty four (24) hours as of the time of restricting his/her freedom.’
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