The Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners HRAAP Campaign

Hand in Hand…Egypt without Torture

Cairo: 24/5/2004

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 the political prisoner Mustafa Ibrahim Amin, from circle 30 compensations in southern Cairo in case No. 15329/2003, who experienced torture during a period of detention from 7/7/1995 to 6/7/1997.

The court granted him 10000 L.E, as compensation for the torture he experienced during the period of detention. It is noteworthy that the plaintiff was issued against him a detention decision in 7/7/1991. Although it was issued for him many release orders he was being retried again till his detention reached 12 years and he obtained compensations for torture all this period till he was released on 10/10/2003.

He was afflicted with dreadful harms as a result of long-term detention; he was afflicted with enlargement in spleen and ulcer of liver in addition to restricting his freedom.

   The Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners