Giza Criminal Court decided on Saturday 03/10/2015 to conform its verdict of death sentence against both, “Mustafa Hamdi” student a the Faculty of Information, Cairo University ( present ), and “Musab al-Majdi” third year student Department of Architecture at the Institute of Habiba (absentia), the same court also issued a life sentence against “Abdullah Murad” student at the Faculty of Engineering Misr University for Science and Technology.
Recalling that the two students have been arrested arbitrarily in violation of the law where 1st there was the arrest of the student, “Abdullah Murad” on 03/20/2014 , as for the second student, “Mustafa Hamdi” his arrest was from his home in 6 oct city on Day 23/3 / 2014, where the students were subjected to torture upon their arrest.
Then they were presented before the public prosecutor who accused them of several charges including: burning Administrative Prosecution in 6 October City, also accused the student, “Mustafa Hamdi” in establishing Ultrus Rabia in 6th of October City, and then forwarded their case to the Criminal Court on the impact of those charges in the case no 3612 number to 2014.
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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