The Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners HRAAP Campaign

Hand in Hand…Egypt without Torture

Cairo: 17/5/2004

HRAAP Attains a compensation verdict for a Detainee who Underwent Torture

Within the framework of the HRAAP campaign against torture, it could attain a judicial verdict of compensation for one of the political prisoners who experienced torture during a period of detention that exceeded thirteen years.

 In May 12, 2004, Division 44 for compensation, Southern Cairo Court, issued its verdict regarding the claim 24850/ 2003 raised by Tarek Abdel-Sattar Ahmed Murad against the Minister of Interior, in his capacity, for compensation because of the material and moral damage that resulted from his being tortured while in detention in the Egyptian prisons. The court, in its first instance verdict, granted him 12000 L.E, as compensation for the torture he experienced during the period of detention, from 15/7/1997 to 14/7/1999. It is noteworthy that the plaintiff was issued against him many repeated detention decisions and he are still detained till now.

   The Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners