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EGYPT - URGENT : Death of Mohammed Seddiq.


Paris, May, 6th 2011 The Euro-Mediterranean Federation against enforced disappearances (FEMED) asks you to intervene urgently regarding the following situation in Egypt.

Circumstances of the disappearance: FEMED was informed by Sebah Mohammed Abd El Fatah of Mohammed Seddiq Tawfiq’s disappearance, son of Sebah Mohamed Abd El Fatah. According to reports, Mohammed Seddiq Tawfiq, an Egyptian national, born on 05.02.1987, graduated in foreign trade license, resident in Cairo, has been missing since Friday, January 28th , 2011. His family never stopped mobilizing since that day. The Euro-Mediterranean Federation against enforced disappearances (FEMED) asks you to intervene urgently regarding the following situation in Egypt. Circumstances of the disappearance: FEMED was informed by Sebah Mohammed Abd El Fatah of Mohammed Seddiq Tawfiq’s disappearance, son of Sebah Mohamed Abd El Fatah. According to reports, Mohammed Seddiq Tawfiq, an Egyptian national, born on 05.02.1987, graduated in foreign trade license, resident in Cairo, has been missing since Friday, January 28th , 2011. His family never stopped mobilizing since that day. Mohammed Seddiq Tawfiq participated since the beginning of the movement, to peaceful demonstrations on Tahrir Square in Cairo. This January 28, 2011, after leaving home, he warned his mother that he was going to Tahrir Square, but he never came back. When his mother tried to reach him around 4:30 pm the same day on his mobile phone, it was off. She then went to search on Tahrir Square. She looked in all the tents, she questioned all who were there, she did announcements on microphones, without success. She immediately directed her research in the hospitals’ city. She visited exactly six hospitals without finding her son. Then she went to military prisons, Al Khalifa Al Mamoun, Sin - 28 and Kilometre 32, on the road between Cairo and Suez. She went to the department of state security. She also went to search in the prisons of Al Fayoun, Tora and Wadi Gedid and Natroun. All these researches were unsuccessful.

Sebah Mohammed Abd El Fatah then initiated administrative steps by going to the Prosecutor's office, then to the Prime Minister’s office in front of where his relatives have organized a demonstration. On March 16, 2011 she filed a complaint to the Council of state security. Several letters have been sent to the Ministry of Health and Interior. In March 2011, the family filed a complaint to the Prosecutor who transferred the case to the general lawyer. Different members of the family, mother, uncle, sister of Mohammed Tawfiq Seddiq were interviewed at the Commissariat. During these hearings, photographs of deceased were shown, none has proved to be Mohammed Tawfiq Seddiq. FEMED is gravely concerned about the fate and safety of Mohammed Tawfiq Seddiq. FEMED fears he may be subjected to torture or other ill -treatment.

Accordingly, the FEMED urges the authorities to guarantee his physical and psychological integrity under international law, particularly the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading and the International Covenant on Civil and policies to which Egypt is a state party. FEMED reminds that Egypt has not signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearance. Section 2 of the Convention defines enforced disappearance as: “the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which place such a person outside the protection of the law.” FEMED condemns enforced disappearances and recalls that under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearance adopted by the UN General Assembly, the State must take all necessary measures to investigate on enforced disappearances.

Required actions - The FEMED urges the Egyptian authorities to:

  • Ensure in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mohammed Seddiq Tawfiq and all Egyptian citizens;
  • Put an end to any form of intimidation, pressure or harassment against Mohammed Seddiq Tawfiq;
  • Put Mohammed Seddiq Tawfiq under the protection of the law so that he can fully enjoy his basic rights;
  • To comply in all circumstances with the dispositions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Human rights tools binding the Egyptian Arab Republic and particularly the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights The FEMED invites you to write to the Egyptian authorities to relay this urgent appeal.

Address:

Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf

Magles El Shaab St., Kasr El Aini St.Cairo

Fax: +202 7356449 – 7958016

Ministry of Defence, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi

23, khaleefa Al-maamon - Kobri El Kobba, Cairo

Fax: +202 22916227

Ministry of Justice, Mohamed Abdel Aziz Ibrahim El gendy

Magles El Shaeb St. Wezaret Al Adl-Cairo

Fax: +202 27958103

Ministry of Home Affairs, Mansour Abdel Kareem Mostafa Esawy

El Sheikh Rihan St.Cairo, Postal Code 11641

Fax: +202 27945529

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nabeel Abdullah Al Araby

Masbero-Kornish El Nile St.Cairo

Fax: +202 25747839

His Excellency Mr. Hisham Badr

Permanente Mission of the Egyptian arab Républic to the United Nations in Geneva

Avenue Blanc 49 (2nd Floor) 1202 Geneva

Fax: +41 22 738 44 15

E-mail: mission.egypt@ties.itu.int

Thank you for informing the FEMED of all actions taken.

Paris, May, 6th 201

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