Department of Public Prosecutions ruled on Wednesday 16/09/2015 the Imprisonment renewal for “Rizk Mohammed Rizk” student, Faculty of Engineering – Mansoura University student for 15 days pending investigations.

Recalling that the student has been arrested arbitrarily against the law on Tuesday, 01.09.2015 from his home region at Meet Badr Khamis, an affiliate of the Mansoura center in Dakahlia governorate, and then forced to hide for a period of 4 days to be presented on Saturday afternoon 05/09/2015 on the prosecution.

The student arrest came contrary to the 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.’