A member of the National Security Agency told Egyptian Islam Khalil (26 years), then stopped: “You think you have a price? We can kill him, wrap him in a blanket, throw it in any caneca and nobody will ask you “. Khalil was gone for 122 days on charges of belonging to opposition forces, which presumably threaten the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. In its century torture, the young man lost consciousness after he was blindfolded, beaten, electrocuted genitals and hung from his wrists for hours.
The case of Khalil is one of 17 that collects the group Amnesty International, an organization dedicated to investigate the state of human rights in the world. Amnesty found that there are common features of torture and psychological threat against government opponents and activists of al-Sisi in these cases. Those responsible for such torture, in collusion with the authorities of justice, are members of the National Security Agency, an entity that was born of State Security Investigations, in charge of intelligence under President Hosni Mubarak and accused of multiple violations of human rights .
the government of al-Sisi has faced frontally the Muslim Brotherhood, a religious and political group that ruled Egypt after the fall of Mubarak and al-Sisi ousted in a military coup. Many of the people who were missing were found accused of belonging to the Muslim Hermanda or having material against the government, which qualifies for the security agencies, as a crime. According to the report, youth and children were missing in a range between a few days and seven months. Their families had no access to information about their missing loved ones or detainees could go to the defense counsel.
The Egyptian government denied that are happening these disappearances and said that the report is “biased”. If that had been a disappearance, declared the Egyptian government, due process was undertaken to prosecute those responsible.
However, according to Amnesty International, judges have a job stockings when investigating the fate of these prisoners. His arrest papers were, in many cases, altered to reduce the time of his arrest. In cases where investigations were opened, these were closed when the judge learned that the accused was held by the National Security Agency. However, this guarantee not permitted to recognize the welfare of prisoners nor justification for their detention. According to Amnesty, perhaps hundreds of detainees in the same conditions- are in the premises of the agency , without security or the precise evidence to keep them in detention.
“ enforced disappearance has become a key instrument of state policy in Egypt ‘said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s regional director. Anyone wishing to comment are at risk, while the counter is used as an excuse to kidnap, interrogate and torture people who challenge the authorities. “
Among the cases” horrific “-like qualify the Report- is the a 14-year-old was raped , on multiple occasions, with a wooden stick to confess to a crime he did not commit. Another child of the same age was hung from wrists and suspended for hours to give a false confession. In another case, a child with a disability was pressured to accuse her father of “serious offenses”, which would allow incrimination and arrest.
The European Union and the United States have served as support for the government of al-Sisi. Amnesty International called for the cessation of arms transfer and security support to be provided if there is no progress in human rights. The number of missing is counted in hundreds , according to various testimonies, but there is no accurate accounting.
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