On August 16, 2004, Human Rights Association For The Assistance Of Prisoners files a new case against the Egyptian Ministry of Interior and Foreign Affairs and the Libyan embassy in Cairo to unveil the destiny of 11 Egyptian citizens missed in Libya since 2002 after they have been swindled on the allegation of getting work contracts, as usual, in Italy through Libya, the case was registered under No. 31079/58 judicial year and the first session has not been set yet.

 

The incidents date back to the period between December 20, 2002 till the end of December when the Egyptian citizens:

1. abdallah Mohamed abdallah
2. reda Mohamed Mohamed allah
3. hasan hasan sayed ahmed (escapee in Libya)

 

they deceived 11 young Egyptian citizens from Mashtoul Al Souk village in Al Sharkeya governorate and told them that they could travel to Italy through Libya in return of 6000 L.E. from each one of them and convinced them that once they arrive to Libya they will get them visas from the Italian embassy in Libya. Those citizens traveled already to Libya legally in succession from Al Salloum outlet. When the missing citizens arrived to Libya they called their relatives in Egypt and reassured them, the last call was in the beginning of January 2003, and since then they did not receive any news about them. After a shot while the relatives contacted with the persons who took the money but they did not get any useful information from them after they were circumventing when asking about the disappeared citizens and knew that they have been swindled at the hand of the aforementioned people. As a result the relatives reported this incident to the police station of Mashtoul under No. 1443/2003 them a misdemeanor No. 5673/2003 and the court sentenced them in absentia on May 18, 2004 to a year in prison with hard labor and bail of 100 L.E. and fine of 10000 L.E. and publishing the ruling summary in widespread daily papers on the expenses of the suspects.

 

To unveil their destiny whether they are in a Libyan prison or not, the relatives of the victims appealed to many officials and non-officials authorities attempting to know the destiny of their disappeared relatives, such as the Libyan embassy in Cairo. However, all these contacts resulted in nothing.

 

Taking in consideration that there is information tells that they are jailed in a prison in Libya according to the information that HRAAP received from the relatives and then they contacted to some relatives in Libya to search for them, as a result they did their best but did not get any news except for some sayings that they are in a political prison. Ever since, the victims' relatives have not received any news about them until now.

 

The victims' relatives arranged a proxy to HRAAP to take all legal procedures to unveil the destiny of those victims.

 

Accordingly, on July 21, 2004 HRAAP addressed:

1.       His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Ahmed Abul Ghait

2.       His Excellency the Ambassador of Libya in Egypt: Wanis Aly Al Meslaty

3.       his Excellency the consul of Libya in Egypt: Awad Al Warfly

 

HRAAP did not receive any official response from these authorities until the date of this case, which is considered a flagrant negligence from the Egyptian authorities represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in performing their duties to unveil the destiny of those disappeared citizens who do their best to search for the resource of subsistence as their living conditions are very bad under the deteriorated economic conditions their state suffers from…as they knocked new doors searching for a resource of subsistence and traveled to Libya leaving their kids, families and relatives  to provide with the minimum standard of living…however they are shocked with a mysterious destiny and that reflected clearly on their families and relatives who hoped to know whether they died to accept condolences or ask for help if they are in prison…but they did find anyone to support them and have mercy on them except for resorting to their state represented in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs maybe they can relief them and unveil the disappearance circumstances and do their best to unveil their destiny…but they did not receive any response or even oral results from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

           

In spite of all these events and the long term of missing, the families of the victims had nothing to do but to resort to judiciary to oblige the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interiors and the Libyan Embassy in Cairo to determine their destiny.

 

Attached a list of the disappeared citizens' names.

 

The disappeared citizens for which a lawsuit was filed to unveil their destiny

1.               Ahmed Khodary Abdel Sadek Mohamed

2.               Ahmed Aadel Al Sayed Bayoumy Al Naggar

3.               Ala' Ref'at Mahmoud Aly

4.               Aadel Ibrahim Abdel Gawwad Al Wakeb

5.               Abul Ela Abul Ela Abdel Samee'

6.               Walid Sayed Ahmed Aly Sayed

7.               Ahmed Abdel Salam Khaled Akl

8.               Ahmed Al Sa'eed Al Husseiny

9.               Haytham Khalil Towfik Khalil

10.           Mohamed Aadel Mohamed Ahmed

11.           Islam Abdel Hamid Farid