12 August 2007
NOT ONLY TORTURED BUT MURDERED
“Three Egyptian officers have been charged with murdering Nasser Seddiq Gadallah after beating him to death before throwing his body from the window”, judicial source said. The source added there are six other officers were charged with involving in the same case. The victim's family accused the police officers of
CARRYING Gadallah and threw him from the fourth floor, in addition to accusing other four policemen of blocking the door to stop them from helping him. The police officers said that Gadallah died while trying to jump from his apartment balcony to another neigbouring building intending to escape when they came to arrest him. The victim's brother said that these policemen came to revenge because Gadallah refused to withdraw a complaint that another policeman had stolen his mobile telephone and a small amount of money. It rarely happens that Egyptian Judgment punishes policemen officers charged with acts of violence against citizens.
“Three Egyptian officers have been charged with murdering Nasser Seddiq Gadallah after beating him to death before throwing his body from the window”, judicial source said.
The source added there are six other officers were charged with involving in the same case.
The victim's family accused the police officers of carrying Gadallah and threw him from the fourth floor, in addition to accusing other four policemen of blocking the door to stop them from helping him.
The police officers said that Gadallah died while trying to jump from his apartment balcony to another neigbouring building intending to escape when they came to arrest him.
The victim's brother said that these policemen came to revenge because Gadallah refused to withdraw a complaint that another policeman had stolen his mobile telephone and a small amount of money.
It rarely happens that Egyptian Judgment punishes policemen officers charged with acts of violence against citizens.
According to a report released on Wednesday by the Egyptian Organisation of Human Rights, the abuse and torture of Egyptians by security forces has become increasingly common.
EOHR's report, "Torture in Egypt: a Crime without Punishment," stated: "Torture in Egypt has become a widespread phenomenon inside police stations and state security detention centres, as well as in prisons with the aim of forcing confessions from suspects."
The report detailed 567 cases of torture by police in Egypt between 1993 and 2007, with 167 of them resulting in deaths.
BY ROSE MARY
POCTED BY COPTIC UNITED.COM
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