CAIRO: A delegation of human rights organizations met with El-Minya Governorate officials to discuss the Mohamed Ali Abdel Latif case, who was cleared of charges in Sept. 6, 2006 accusing him of gruesomely killing 10 people, including four children, in Dec. 2005. A delegation of several prominent Egyptian human rights organizations reportedly met with the Security Director of El-Minya Governorate as well as El-Minya governor to discuss the compensation of the family of Abdel Latif who was allegedly forced out of their home by the police following the Shams El-Din massacre, of which Abdel Latif himself was accused. Furthermore, the delegation also discussed the severe security measures forced upon the family of Abdel Latif following his acquittal from court, according to a press release issued by the human rights organizations. The family was not allowed to return to Shams El-Din hamlet and was encircled by police troops in their new temporary residence. Moreover, the father is currently prevented from running his small business in Beni Mazr, while the children are not allowed to attend school. Even the mobile phones of the family were confiscated to prevent the family from contacting anybody outside their encircled residence, especially the press and the media. Members of the delegation included: Nadim Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, Egyptian Association Against Torture, Hisham Mubarak Law Center, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, and the Arab Network for Human Rights Information.
