Egypt: The Arabic Network condemns the attack of security on protesters in Alexandria during the Solidarity Vigil with Khalid Said

Cairo 21/8/2010

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, Condemned today the Egyptian security for attacking militants in the vigil that they have organized yesterday evening at Alexandria Corniche in protest against the recent harassments of security to citizens and to show solidarity with the young Egyptian Khalid Said, who was killed by security in June of this year and to call for punishing the perpetrators of the murder of the young man, to commensurate with the horror of the incident.

The young people who were in solidarity with Khalid, victim of torture have prepared a group breakfast in coordination with his mother yesterday, to remember the young Khalid Said at his house in Alexandria. The young people prepared a day of solidarity with the “murdered of the Egyptian police ” included a silent stand with candles outside the house of the young man and a peaceful protest stand on the Corniche of Cleopatra near his house .Egyptian security was not satisfied with this ,so they surrounded the protesters and beat them in an inhumane way, which resulted in many casualties in the activists who are in solidarity with “Khalid Said”

This new police attack by the State Security in Alexandria is not the first in the series of the ongoing attacks by the Egyptian Interior ministry, which is violating all human rights , laws , Constitution and international treaties on an almost daily basis. The matter did not stop at the suppression of demonstrations and protests which condemn torture of a young man and killing him in the streets of Alexandria, but it has spread to include the arrest and harassment on the activists who call for change in all parts of the Republic.

ANHRI,considers that the last assaults of security and the continuous bullying by many police officers are serious indicators ,show the intention of the Egyptian government to continue to terrorize the citizens and make them not safe in their country ,as this assault on those who condemn the killing of a young man in Alexandria came after two days of torturing citizens in the streets of Cairo by two policemen and torturing them in front of the passers-by before arresting them because of their delay to pay compulsory royalty for two of the police men.

ANHRI,said that public prosecution in Egypt should investigate these continued assaults by the Interior ministry security on the safety of citizens and not to leave the matter open before the Egyptian security to violate the right of the Egyptians to peaceful assembly and to express their opinion in the form and the way they see fit as long as, it is peaceful ,and did not go out from what is stipulated on in law , Constitution and the international treaties.

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