Continuation of the repressive policy pursued by the current Egyptian authorities against the Egyptian universities and institutes students of the security services, security forces continue to hide the place of three students of the detention of Al-Azhar University, Cairo Branch, their names and their statements came as follows: “Abdul Rahman Nagah Abdel-Al,” the student third year at the Faculty of Commerce , and the students, “Ahmed Ismail” and “Ahmed El-sayed Eldemerdash” second year Faculty of Commerce, also, for the fifth consecutive day.
It is noteworthy that the security forces had arrested the students on Saturday, 11.28.2015 arbitrarily against the law without permission or a court order, with two students from inside their home detention in the fifth avenue , while the third were arrested from an ambush of police in the same area, where they were taken all to unknown location to any of their relatives or their lawyers, and did not know their place of detention, has not been brought before a prosecutor until the moment.
The student arbitrary arrest and force disappearance both 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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