Amnesty International Urges Investigating Brutal Killing of Khaled

http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20100611002&lang=e

Amnesty International Urges Egypt Government to Investigate Brutal Killing of Young Man, June 11, 2010

Amnesty International is calling for an immediate, full and independent investigation into the brutal killing of a 28-year-old Egyptian man, Khaled Mohammed Said, while in the hands of Egyptian security forces in the city of Alexandria on Sunday, June 6.

Shocking pictures of Khaled Mohammed Said's body, whose face is almost unrecognizable from the beating he received, at the hands of the Egyptian police and in public according to reports, has been posted on the internet.

"The horrific photographs are shocking evidence of the abuses taking place in Egypt which are in stark contrast to the image of the country depicted today by Egyptian officials to members of the UN Human Rights Council and their reluctant recognition of some minor wrongdoings," said Amnesty International.

"These pictures are a rare, first-hand glimpse of the routine use of brutal force by the Egyptian security forces, who expect to operate in a climate of impunity, with no questions asked.

Although, the exact circumstances surrounding the killing are still being pieced together, what is known is that Khaled Mohammed Said was severely beaten by two plain-clothes police officers in an internet cafe. He was reportedly dragged out of the café and the beating continued until he died.

According to a lawyer from El-Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, Khaled Mohammed Said's relatives were informed of his death, but were prevented from seeing his body immediately. The police took them to Sidi Gaber police station, where they were told that Khaled Mohammed Said had swallowed a bag of narcotics when the police had approached him, and had died from an overdose.

The family filed a complaint with the prosecutor on Monday, June 7, but was surprised to find that the police had already filed a report claiming Khaled Mohammed Said had died from a drug overdose. The prosecutor has since ordered an autopsy and the investigation is continuing. Amnesty International calls for an investigation to be carried out in line with international standards, including those within the United Nations Principles on Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions.

Under the umbrella of Egypt's 29-year-old state of emergency, abuses by the security forces are routine and rarely punished, and those responsible have only been brought to justice on a very few occasions. The state of emergency was extended for another two years earlier this month, despite repeated calls from states and international human rights groups during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for it to be lifted as soon as possible.

"The Egyptian authorities must respond immediately to this brutal beating and killing in the most robust way. If they do not take action, it will yet again send a clear signal that these abuses may continue and guarantee the perpetrators get away with it," said Amnesty International. "The Egyptian authorities must reign in their security forces. The Egyptian authorities should know that the eyes of the world are increasingly on them, and the pictures online mean that they cannot avoid conducting a thorough investigation with another whitewash."

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[eilia2]

مشكور جدا صاحب الفيديو على المجهود الرائع ودى مشاركة منك للاعلان عن الحق ان لم تتمكن من الوقوف فى مظاهرة لكن شاركت عن طريق الاعلام 

[EgyptAffairs]

@eilia2 لا شكر علي واحب يا ايليا

انا لو اقدر كنت اخدت بتاره ... بس ان شاء الله حقه راجع بايدينا

[moh400]

انا سعودي....بصراحة القانون فى مصر زبالة ورجال الامن من البلطجية واللصوص ..حصل موقف معاية كنت فى شارع عباس العقاد ووقفت سيارة ميكروباص شرطة مصرية ونشلو مني الموبايل والفلوس وساعة ايدي....بحجة لم احمل هوية شخصية !!! علما ان البسبور فى الفندق وهويتي فى الفندق واعطيتهم اسم الفندق ورقم الغرفة والفندق قريب من الموقع والتكسي معاية خاص بلفندق ومفيش فايدة....يعني حرامية عيني عينك

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[lindalamb222]

@farafiro

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[Tinalaiz]

Sorry for this happen

Fellow were badly beaten

Egyptians hate them policeman more than any nation than I know and swallow that up already from mothersmilk

Them comments that local people are leaving here at youtube are not like the life in Egypt look like

and wonder why opposition need to " clean up " a picture of themself ?

Why truth must be manipulate ?

Be carefully , election is soon and looks like everyone trying to use situation ...

Wbr : Taina

[mo3000m]

كلالالالالالالالاب

[gunterpasha]

to the prince where they sink down on their knees and after they are invited to a superb lunch or dinner. Do you think this will help to reflect the correct picture on the country? There is no law existing if the Prince does not want! And if he not want a human being receives his rights the maschinery works more perfect than in the Third Reich! Heil Hans-Adam II, the disgraceful!

[gunterpasha]

of course, when ever such case happen there must be an investigation. But all those who critisize the Egyptian should first have a firm look on what happen in Europe in a different way, more painful, more destructive. European police use psychological means to destroy people. The worst country is Liechtenstein, a tiny monarchy where the prince rules like used 200 years ago! Amnesty controls are weak, their delegates are treaten with all the respect and they are offered a visit

[mmitwaly]

We have to revolt against this Kaffir regime.