Alexandria Prosecution decided on Tuesday 20/10/2015, the imprisonment of “Ibrahim Mohammed Ibrahim Khalil,” third year student at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria 15 days pending investigations.
It is noteworthy that the administrative security at the Faculty of Science, on Sunday, 10.18.2015 at nine in the morning arrested the student then handed him over to the security forces, who took him to the Department of Bab Sharq where he were presented to the prosecution, which ruled him in custody for 15 days on charges of throwing a speech at the university, under the record number 9843 for the year 2015 bab sharq administrative , and is worth mentioning that the department denied the student existence until eight o’clock in the evening, then he was spotted at the Miri hospital due to suffocation during investigations and then transferred back to the Department of bab shareq that he remains in until the moment.
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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