Call for Egyptian president's safety
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I call on the Egyptian authorities to ensure that president Mohamed
Morsi who had been kidnapped by military officials and will appear in
court, to have access the outside world, access to legal counsel to
defend and challenge evidence against him in court. President Morsi, the
first ever democratically elected president, has a court session
scheduled on Wednesday 8 January 2014, along with 14 other defendants,
on charges of inciting violence and murder during the December 2012
Ittihadiya clashes. The clashes left 8 of supporters of president Morsi
were killed, while one of the opposition was killed due to clashes
between supporters and the opposition. The kidnapped president Morsi and
his aides have been held incommunicado and in secret detention, with no
access to the outside world or to any legal counsel since the military
coup of 3 July 2013 in conditions that amount to enforced disappearance.
President Morsi was only able to be seen to the public on 4 November
2013, during the initial session of the court, a trial which president
Morsi refused to recognize it’s legitimacy and describes it as an unfair
and illegitimate trial. The session was adjourned until 8 January 2014.
Following the session, president Morsi went in disappearance again by
the detaining forces. Neither his family nor his lawyers have been able
to have contact with him or know his whereabouts. His enforces
disappearance constitutes a serious violation to his human rights and he
should be released immediately. According to international law, any
person has the right to have access to legal counsel and stand before
his natural judge in a free and fair trial. The United Nations Working
Group on Arbitrary Detention issued opinion No. 39 of 2013, stating that
the detention of President Morsi and his aides is arbitrary and called
for their immediate release. A leaked video of president Morsi showed
that his right hand was injured, in what reflects that the president has
been severely tortured in prison.
I call
on all International Human Rights Organisation to visit The Egyptian
President to ensure his safety and call for his release. I, the
undersigned person, hold the current Egyptian authorities responsible
for the safety and wellbeing of my elected president and call for his
immediate release.
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