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LCHR asks the Prosecutor General and the Minister of the Interior, Is saying "what do you want?" a new crime that citizens must be punished for it?
Ms. Amira Hasan Yousry has sent to the LCHR complaining about the imprisonment of her 23 years old brother Islam who works as a driver. At the night of his wedding, he was arrested with the accusation of taking drugs and then, he was detained, just because when officer Hesham Bahgat stopped him that night and her brother said to him "what do you want?", but the court acquitted her brother of this fabricated charge. It didn't end there. On 5/7/2006, the officer and two of his assistants Mohamed Thabet and Khaled Abu Zeid went to Islam's apartment, broke into it, assaulted him and his wife, then he was tied up and dragged into the police car, and was detained in Oseem police station, after that, he was presented to the prosecution with the accusation of Bango "Marijuana" possession and a pocket knife, the prosecution has detained him for 45 days for questioning and investigation.
LCHR asks, the Prosecutor General and the Minister of the Interior, is saying "what do you want?" a crime that deserves punishment? Isn't it the right of any citizen when he is stopped by a police officer to ask about what he wants from him?
Amira states that the officer has arrested her brother from him apartment, but the officer stated that he has arrested him from the street. She also asserted that the officer and his assistants has assaulted her brother and his wife, but Oseem prosecution refused to listen to her testimony or even send Islam to forensic medicine.
Islam's family has presented complaint no. 4159 on 6/7/2006 to the Prosecutor General and complaint no. 626 to the Attorney General demanding justice, safety and dignity as Egyptian citizens.
LCHR demands the Prosecutor General and the Minister of the Interior to investigate the complaint of Islam's family and transfer him to the forensic medicine to prove the injuries that the officer and his assistants caused him, and punish them for their violation to Islam's personal safety. The Prosecutor General must make the necessary procedures to protect citizens freedom, safety and dignity in Egypt.
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