Aja prosecution ruled yesterday Saturday, 3/10/2015 to renew the imprisonment for of two students at the University of Mansoura: “Jihad al-Din Muhammad” student at the Faculty of Nursing, and “Mohammed Aldeasita” student at the Faculty of Computer and Information, in addition to “Hamdeen Imam Muhammad Rizieq” student at the Faculty of Engineering University Sallab,Mansoura, for a period of 15 days pending investigations.
Recalling that the students were arrested separately, where the student, “Jihad eldein” was arrested arbitrary from one of the streets on Tuesday 01/09/2015 and forced to hide for 4 days, and the student “Mohammed Aldeasity” also was arrested from one of the streets on Tuesday 01/09/2015 and forced to hide for 4 days, and the student, “Hamdeen Imam” was arrested on Wednesday, 02.09.2015 arbitrarily and forced hiding for three days until he was presented before the prosecution of Aja, and now the students are held at the first Mansoura Department.
The students 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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