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Egypt: Egyptian Blogger Released after 21 months Illegal Detention

29 July 2010
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Hani Nazeer, 29, arrested on 3 October 2009 for having published a link on his blog 'Karz Al-Hob' to a controversial book, was released on 22 July 2010 after 21 months illegal detention.
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Egypt: Torture at the Hands of SSI in Banha

13 July 2010
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On 28 April 2010, Nasr Al-Sayed Hassan Nasr, 52, presented himself to the State Security Investigative (SSI) services in his home town of Banha and was immediately arrested. He was held incommunicado for nearly two months and tortured on several occasions before his release on 20 June 2010.
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Egypt: Keep Promise to Free Detainees by End of June

30 June 2010
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May 11 Emergency Law Revisions Mean No Legal Authority to Keep Hundreds of Prisoners

The Egyptian government should keep its promise to free detainees who can no longer be held because of changes on May 11, 2010, in the scope of application for the country's emergency law, a coalition of twelve Egyptian and international human rights organizations said today. High-level officials had promised that they would start freeing prisoners on June 1 and that the releases would be completed by the end of the month, said the coalition which includes Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Alkarama Foundation, and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.

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Egypt: Sudanese man held in secret 55 days for aiding refugees

25 June 2010
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Hassan Mohamed, 32, a Sudanese refugee living and working in Cairo was arrested by State Security Investigations (SSI) services at his home on 16 January 2010. During his arrest, Hassan Mohamed was not given a judicial warrant nor was he explained the reasons for his arrest. He was held in secret for 55 days, during which he was brutally tortured. Finally on 12 March 2010, he was transferred to a Tora prison, south of Cairo.
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Egypt: Omar Makhlouf is tortured and now paralyzed in jail

25 June 2010
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Omar Makhlouf, a 20 year-old student at the American University in Cairo, was arrested on 12 June 2008 by agents of the State Security Investigations (SSI) services held in secret detention for 58 days. During his incommunicado detention he was so severely tortured that he is now paralysed.
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Egypt - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
ICCPR: Ratified on 14.01.1982
Last report due: 31.12.1994 (3rd)
Submitted: 13.11.2001 (3rd)
Next report due: 01.11.2004 (4th)
ICCPR Optional Protocol: Not a signatory

Convention against Torture (CAT)
CAT : Ratified on 25.06.1986
Last report due: 25.06.200 (4th)
Submitted: 19.02.2001 (4th)
Next report due: 25.06.2004 (5th)

CAT Complaints Procedures
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 21 (Inter-State complaints): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

CAT Optional Protocol
Not a signatory

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Last review: N/A
Next review: February 2010
Alkarama made a submission to the UPR on 31.08.2009

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)
Egyptian National Council for Human Rights

ICC Accreditation Status: A (due to be reviewed in 2010)