t was decided on behalf of first Mansoura court on Saturday , 03.10.2015 to remain in custody, “Mohamed Farhat Rajaei” fourth year student at the Faculty of Law, Mansoura University, for a period of 45 days pending investigations.
The student was arrested arbitrarily on the 15/3/2015 and he was forcibly disappeared in the first Mansoura police office, aka, “the slaughterhouse” due to its bad reputation in torture. He was disappeared till the day before yesterday to meet the prosecution.
On Sunday, 28/03/2015, student appeared for the 1st time and was viewed by the Public Prosecution, which accused him of several charges, notably: Configuring a terrorist cell, possession of firearms (mechanism and cartridges), possession and detonating explosive devices and explosives, to sent him to 15 days pending investigation, and is worth noting that the student had been registered as a “runaway” in the relevant case number (2861 Mansoura administrative center for the year 2015.7008 of Mansoura Center for 2015 ) dated 22/03/2015, in spite of his arrest before that history for six days.
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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