Tag: prisons

Musical Chairs

Posted on By 3arabawy

Talking of “reform and the restructuring” of the interior ministry:
Ahmad Abdel Basset, the Daqahliya Security Director who commanded the crackdown, murder and torture of the protesters in the province during the uprising, has now been transferred to lead the Security Directorate in Alexandria.

مدير امن الدقهلية فى قلب التظاهره

In Beheira, prisoners rioted in Al-Ab’adiya as soon as they received news that Police Colonel Sami Zeitun, the Criminal Investigations Liaison Officer in prison and who is involved in torture, was returned to service in the prison once more. The police responded to the riot with live ammunition, killing three inmates according to the Interior Ministry’s statement. The prisoners however say at least 10 were killed.

#Jan25 Prisoners at al-Qatta al-Gadeed Prison tell their story

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGUTqr_jRQE

From Amnesty International:

Since rioting broke out on 28 January 2011, the safety of hundreds of prisoners in al-Qatta al-Gadeed Prison north of Cairo, has been at risk.
The unrest began on 28 January when al-Qatta al-Gadeed prisoners heard that prisoners had broken out or been freed from other prisons in Egypt and demanded that the prison authorities should also release them The authorities refused and there was then rioting in the prison. In response, prison guards are alleged to have used tear gas against prisoners and excessive force, including lethal force using live ammunition.
This footage (filmed on a mobile phone) shows a man who was shot by a pellet bullet in the back. He said he and others were shot at just to force them into the wings.
Footage handed to an Amnesty International Researcher in Egypt who writes ‘..two videos delivered to me by a brother of one of the prisoners at al-Qatta al-Gadeed Prison. The prisoner, Hazem, recorded the videos with his cell phone and gave the memory card to his brother.’