Following his force hiding for more than a week,it was decided on behalf of Zagazig prosecution on Sunday 10/11/2015 the imprisonment of “Abdullah Mohammed Saad Sammanud” second year student at the Faculty of Arts, Zagazig University, for a period of 15 days pending investigations.
Its Worth Mentioning that the student had been arrested arbitrarily, contrary to the law, and that on noon on Saturday, 3/10/2015, and then was taken to to an unknown destination, where he had been under enforced disappearance for eight consecutive days, he was reported to us by his family that during those days at the headquarters of the National Security in Zagazig, he was subjected to severe torture to force him to confess to a certain charges, at noon today for the first time he was presented to the public prosecutor that ordered directly to remain him in custody pending investigations, without taking any investigation of what the student suffered of the crimes of enforced disappearance, torture, where The student is currently detained at the headquarters of Zagazig second section.
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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