Sisi thanks Egyptians for their 'dazzling' participation in constitutional referendum    Egypt's Sisi calls for enabling Libya's national army and institutions to eradicate terrorism    Moroccan oven roasted chicken    'Egypt fully supports right of Sudanese people to determine their future,' Sisi tells gathering under AU umbrella    Sri Lanka detains 40 people in investigation of blasts; toll rises to 321    Liverpool's Milner backs United to win Manchester derby    Man City's Sterling wants harsher punishment to tackle racism    Chelsea's Hudson-Odoi confirms season over due to Achilles injury    Powerful quake hits Philippines, day after deadly temblor    Egypt hosts 10th annual conference of Arab Federation of Exchanges    Elders, campaigners dominate scene in Kerdasa polling stations    What do experts think about celebrations in front of polling stations?    Egyptians cast votes on last day in referendum    250 archaeological missions from 25 countries work in Egypt: Minister    CIB-Egypt establishes representative office in Ethiopia    ACUD, Petroleum Ministry ink deal to provide government district with natural gas    Bundesliga: Bayern Munich turn the screw in a reminder of champions past    Egypt, Somalia seek bilateral cooperation    The main differences between Catholics and Protestants    Spring Affair Returns for Second Season of Shopping, Charity    Tod's bring back Alber Elbaz to Fashion Scene    President instructs enhancement of MSMEDA activities    Karlovy Vary to honour cinematographer Vladmir Smutny    Youssef Chahine remembered at Karlovy Vary    Cannes festival reveals short film collection    Voting in 3rd day of referendum on constitutional amendments going on normally, says NEA    Volume of trade exchange between Egypt, China jumped to USD 13.8 bn in 2018    Iraq says any action to raise oil output won't be unilateral: Ministry spokesman    Trade exchange between Egypt, Tunisia to increase to $500m    Airstrikes hit Tripoli, Mitiga airport reopened    Al-Sisi receives Abbas, voices support for Palestinian legitimate rights    Cairo Copts celebrate Palm Sunday    Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen wants to keep winning streak going    New attack on Ebola center in Congo; 1 militia member killed    Sleep myths may hinder good sleep and health    Towards the referendum    Sudanese demand ‘legitimate change'    Caught in the middle?    Expected exit    Escaping expenses    Spectacular scene, favourable draw    Flight prices go sky high    Reining in inflation    The final draft    Bundeli Kala Parishad troupe's Indian folk dance show at Al-Gumhouriya Theatre is a must go    Paris' Notre Dame    Screen blues    Vatican willing to offer technical know-how to help restore Notre-Dame    







Thank you for reporting!
This image will be automatically disabled when it gets reported by several people.



Related stories
Trial of 3 policemen adjourned to 5 October in torture case
Police allegedly beat Al-Kosbary to death, tortured eyewitness
Police officers' trial postponed
None can interfere in judiciary, Brotherhood defendants tried by law: Al-Zind
Justice Minister claims judiciary is not politicised, during panel discussion
Human rights group condemns killing of conscript
56 torture cases in 8 months, says rights group


Prosecution detains relatives of police officer murder suspect pending investigations
Police in Egypt can only gather information and evidence using torture, says criminal justice researcher
Mahmoud Mostafa Published in Daily News Egypt on 05 - 03 - 2016

Minister of Justice Ahmed Al-Zind made a statement Monday about issuing legislation that allows the penalisation of relatives of terrorists who went under the radar. However the old habits of the Egyptian authorities do not await legislations.
The North Cairo prosecution ordered Friday the detention of the wife and mother of a murder suspect on charges of complicity, resisting authorities, attempted murder, and possessing drugs among others for four days pending investigations.
The arrest and detention of Mohamed "Korea" Waheed came after two failed police raids in North Cairo and Qaliubiya to arrest the heads of a drug cartel that operates in the region.
According to the Ministry of Interior and state-run newspaper reports, the first raid took place last Sunday when a police force from Qaliubiya's Al-Khanka police station headed to Syriaqos village to arrest Mohamed "El-Doksh" Amin, a renowned local drug lord, on several charges. The force was ambushed. Two officers and three informants were killed.
A second raid took place Thursday attempting to arrest one of El-Doksh's aids, Korea, who is suspected by the police of murdering one of the officers in the first raid. The police force was from a different police station. Yet it was anticipated since another officer was killed during the raid in Cairo's Al-Zawya Al-Hamra district and two policemen were injured.
In Korea's wife's testimony, details of the husband's attempts to evade arrest were provided. She was charged with complicity nonetheless.
Egyptian laws and legislations have always been following the rule of "personalisation of the penalty", yet there are crimes of complicity and sheltering criminals, according to criminal justice researcher and lawyer at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) Hoda Nasrallah.
"The police in Egypt can only gather information and evidence using torture to get [forced] confessions," she said.
She pointed out practices and legislations that are similar or even harsher than the aforementioned legislations. "Thinking" such as an article at the recently issued terrorism law that penalises those who do not inform of a terrorism crime and a loophole in the penal code's Article 126 that a number of police officers abused to evade prosecution over torture as it states the penalty is for torturing suspects, not mentioning the relatives.

Clic here to read the story from its source.