Two cases of human rights violations have been committed by Egyptian police against the press and people, as monitored by the General Committee for Human Rights at the Egyptian Bar Association. A statement warned the police from violating the rights of Egyptians after the January 25 Revolution to avoid confusion. The statement was signed by Mamdouh Ismail, the directot of the General Committee for Human Rights and a member of the Bar Association; Mamdouh al-Coihy of the committee; Hatem Mostafa; Ali Mazeed; Ahmed Kamel; and Mahmoud al-Hawary of the Executive Bureau of the commission. The first violation occurred when journalist Mustafa Hussein al-Marsfawy was hit outside the police station in Nasr City. He went to the police station for help and called an ambulance. The chief inspector at the station, however, let him bleed because he had written an article about police violations. Marsfawy was reportedly about to die but some police officers helped him after the chief inspector left. The General Committee for Human Right said this incident reveals that some police officers do not respect the press. They worry that similar incidents may occur if the press reveals further scandals about the police. The second violation occurred in Beni Suef when a National Security officer broke into the home of Khaled Mahmoud, the man who accused former president Hosni Mubarak of arranging the 2009 bombing at al-Hussein Mosque. Officers broke into his home at 2am and assaulted Khaled in front of his family. They prevented his wife from calling their lawyer and threatened to arrest her. Such intimidation is reminiscent of the dissolved State Security Investigations, which the National Security Agency was supposed to replace. The committee said it is important to distinguish between the reason for an arrest and the way of arresting someone. They said the insults and violation of the home are unjustifiable. In addition, all those accused in the al-Hussein explosions have been released because there is no evidence against them. At the end of the statement the committee called on the Ministry of Interior to purify the police forces of those who commit violations of human rights.
