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Egypt: Three detainees die in the first days of July 

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Press release

Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice

Geneva: 6 July 2022

The Committee for Justice has documented the deaths of three detainees inside detention centers in Egypt since July 1, 2022, which indicates a further deterioration of the living and health conditions inside Egyptian prisons and detention centers.

CFJ documented the death of the detainee Yasser Farouk Al-Mahlawi inside his prison after more than two and a half years of pretrial detention pending case No. 1269 of 2019, Supreme State Security, a case of a political nature in which accusations included belonging to a banned group and smuggling funds abroad.

On July 2, another detainee, Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Ali Hamad (70 years old), died inside his prison after being transferred to the Minya High Security Prison Hospital after his health deteriorated. He was detained in connection with case no. 282/209 of 2015 Military/Criminal/Asyut, known in the media as “the storming of Maghagha police station.”

Hamad was suffering from a liver disease, which was compounded by the harsh and inhumane conditions of imprisonment, and the intransigence of the Minya prison administration in providing health care and proper treatment in the right place and time, which led to the deterioration of his health and his death.

CFJ also documented the death of the detainee Ahmed Yassin in Mansoura Prison Hospital after suffering a heart attack inside his prison. He was a member of Al-Dustour party.He was charged with “spreading false news about the political and economic situation in the country with the intention of disturbing public peace.”

CFJ’s Justice Watch Archive, which is the first and largest platform to monitor violations inside detention centers in Egypt, has documented 1,163 deaths inside detention centers and prisons in Egypt since 2013.

CFJ also documented 62 deaths inside detention centers and prisons in Egypt during 2021, in its detailed report on violations inside detention facilities in Egypt in 2021.

In its report for the first quarter of the current year 2022, CFJ also documented 5 deaths inside detention centers and prisons in Egypt.

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