Assiut Criminal Court first ruled on Wednesday 02/12/2015 to refer the issue papers of “Omar Mohsen Sibai” third year student at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut branch, to the military trial.
Recalling that the student has been arrested arbitrarily without permission with 4 other students on Tuesday, 31/03/2015, by the security forces from inside the university campus for the students, and then he was forced disappeared , prompting lawyers to submit complaints to Attorney-General in Assiut and submit records of police departments stating his disappearance, to show the student “Omar Sibai” After that alone at the General Prosecutor’s Office, which charged him with: the manufacture and possession of explosives at the headquarters of the university city of Al-Azhar in Assiut, and then he was referred to a misdemeanor court in on Sunday, 09/20/2015, to be forwarded again the first on Wednesday to the military trial.
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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