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Sun, 04/05/2008 - 11:41 — النديم
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Ezbet El-Baroudi farmers struggle against eviction, assault | Daily News Egypt
Details of the violent land eviction by the police in the village of Ezbet El-Baroudi, Beheira. Women were attcked and homes were broken into by plain-clothes policemen. Story by Sarah Carr.
IRCT condemns the attack on Nadim doctors
The IRCT, which represents 139 treatment centres for torture victims in 71 countries, condemns the attack on Drs Adly and Hamed in the strongest possible terms and urges the Egyptian authorities to:
--urgently and effectively investigate the attack on Drs Adly and Hamed and do everything in their power to safeguard their lives and integrity; and
--urgently and effectively investigate the alleged case of torture against members of the Sobhi Hussein family and do everything in their power to safeguard their lives and integrity.
Egyptian police attack Nadim doctors inside Kafr EL Dawwar court house
Wed, 30/04/2008 - 17:18 — النديم
Police aggress Dr. Magda Adly (resulting in cut wound and possible dislocation of shoulder), attempt to steal her handbag and destroy Dr. Mona Hamed's car
Aggressor confesses that he acted upon orders of chief intelligence officer Ahmed Maklad
El Nadim center had released a statement this morning calling for an investigation in the torture of the family of Sobhi Mohamed Hussein, 67 years old by Kafr El Dawwar police. The two doctors traveled to Kafr El Dawwar this morning to attend the court session appealing the imprisonment of Sobhi Hussein and his two sons.
El Nadim center will not be intimidated by the terrorism of the Egyptian Ministry of Interior. We shall continue our struggle against torture in Egypt.. We shall continue to persecute the torturers.. We shall undertake the usual legal measures regarding this morning's crime against our staff and we retain our right to an appropriate response to the thuggery of the Ministry of Interior and the regime it protects..
We shall use all possible means to expose the criminal nature of their policies and their violation of people's dignity and rights.
A new crime by the Egyptian Ministry of Interior in Kafr el Dawwar
Wed, 30/04/2008 - 14:21 — النديم
Torture by the police.. Complicity by the prosecution and the hospital
Upon an appeal by Ms. Mona Sobhi a delegation from Hisham Mubarak Law Center and El Nadim Center went to Kafr el Dawwar to visit the family of Sobhi Mohamed Sobhi Hussein and listen to the statements and testimonies of victims to a brutal police attack on a number of family members. The delegation then went to the police station and was able to meet with the victims.
Hadj Sobhi Mohamed Hussein, 67 years old, suffered several cigarette burn marks on his chest and abdomen. He told us of other similar marks on his thighs.
Ahmed Sobhi Mohamed Hussein, 36 years old, suffers hemorrhage in the left eye with consequent no perception of light. Bruises and abrasions were observed on his face and arms and various parts of his body.
Mohamed Sobhi Hussein, 38 years old, fracture of right wrist bones.
Those are but a few of the injuries of Hadj Sobhi and his two sons in addition to his nephew whom we did not see during the visit.
Where and when and how did that happen? The following are the details:
We would like to note that the Sobhi family is a well to do family and are one of the main fish dealers in Kafr El Dawwar. The family owns an apartment building where the father, his two sons and his nephew live together.
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