Press Release
Translation and Editing: Committee for Justice
Geneva: October 25, 2023
The Committee for Justice documented the 33rd death inside detention centers and prisons in Egypt in 2023 due to medical negligence in Wadi El Natrun Prison 430.
Deliberate Medical Negligence at Wadi El Natrun Prison:
CFJ reported that the deceased, Alhadi Mohmed Mohammed Alhadi, also known as Alhadi Omran, aged 43, from Al-Adwa village in Sharqia Governorate, had been detained since 2016. CFJ was informed that Alhadi’s death was attributed to a rise in blood pressure, exacerbated by the prison administration’s purposeful delay in providing him necessary medical care, which resulted in his death.
Calls for Investigation into the Circumstances of the Death:
The Committee for Justice demands that the Egyptian Ministry of Interior and the Prison Authority initiate a neutral and transparent investigation into the circumstances of the death, urging them to halt the deliberate health neglect policy against political detainees inside detention centers and prisons.
33 Deaths in 2023:
With the above case, the number of deaths documented by CFJ within Egyptian prisons and detention facilities since the beginning of 2023 has risen to 33. The most recent case was of a political detainee named Gamal Taha, from Quesna center in Monufia Governorate, who passed away in his cell at Shebin El Kom deportation center on October 8, 2023.
Accurate information about death cases during detention in Egypt can be obtained through the Justice Watch Archive service provided by CFJ, which contains information about more than 14,000 victims and over 30,000 violations. It also monitors violations inside more than 500 places of detention in Egypt.
