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to the very serious allegations of grave and systematic enforced disappearances in the
country, has accused the Working Group of being partial and of being involved in an
alleged political plot against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Working
Group firmly reiterates that it operates while maintaining the highest levels of objectivity,
independence and impartiality.
Egypt
Urgent action
47.
The Working Group, under its urgent action procedure, transmitted 20 cases to the
Government, concerning:
(a)
Islam El-Sayed Mahfouz Salem Khalil, disappeared on 25 February 2019
from El-Santa Police Station in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt;
(b)
Hozaifa Mohammed Abdelfatah Mohammed Ismail, taken on 8 February
2019 by security forces in plain clothes;
(c)
Anas el-Sayed Ibrahim Mohamed, last seen on 26 December 2018 while he
was awaiting release at police station II in Zagazig;
(d)
Taher Monir Ahmed Abu Ela, arrested on 27 January 2019 at a village
mosque by security forces in plain clothes and taken to an unknown location;
(e)
Ahmed Ameen Abd Elrahman Mahmoud, arrested on 5 March 2019 by
National Security Agency agents wearing civilian clothes and police officers in uniform, in
the apartment of a person associated with him in Nasr City, Cairo;
(f)
El-Sayed Mohamed Niazi el-Sayed el-Araby, abducted on 12 January 2019
from an apartment in Mansurah city, Egypt, by National Security Agency forces in plain
clothes;
(g)
Abdul Rahman Usama Mohamed Mohamed al-Akeed, arrested on 12
February 2019 at the police academy in Cairo by members of the National Security Agency;
(h)
Hazem Hamouda, last heard from on 18 February 2019 while in detention at
the Tora Prison;
(i)
Ahmed Ragb Ibrahem Mohammed el-Ebshiby, disappeared on 20 December
2018 from the Cairo-Alexandria road while he was travelling to Alexandria on a minibus;
(j)
Mohammed el-Tantawy Hassan, last seen on 5 February 2019 at the
microbus station in Mokattam city;
(k)
Islam Ali Abd el-Aal Mohammed, arrested on 26 January 2019 by police
officers and National Security Agency agents at the Kobry el-Obba metro station, Cairo
Governorate, Egypt;
(l)
Abdallah Bu-Madiyan Nasr Eldeen Okasha Nasr, disappeared on 11 January
2019 from El-Arish police station;
(m) Abdel Malek Mohamed Abdel Malek Hussein, disappeared on 8 March 2019,
from the 15th of May city police station while awaiting release;
(n)
Amr Azab Mohammed Azab, arrested on 3 March 2019 by agents of the
National Security Agency in plain clothes while on his way to Beni Suef University;
(o)
Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed Ahmed, disappeared on 7 April 2019 from the
Minya al-Qamh police station while awaiting release;
(p)
Mahmoud Ghareeb Mahmoud Qassim, arrested on 17 March 2019 at 5 p.m.
by members of the State security forces in plain clothes, while he was walking near AlSaaeh Square on his way to the grocery store;
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