Egypt: EOHR Calls Upon Mursi to Handle the Case of Ahmed Al Gizawy

press release

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) is deeply concerned about sentencing of the Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Al-Gizawy imprisonment of 5 years and 300 lashes, which is a violation to the right to bodily integrity and the right to fair trial. EOHR also calls upon the Egyptian President and the Ministry of Interior for speed intervention for his release, fearing putting his life in danger.

On April 17, 2012, when the political activist and his wife arrived in Gedda International Airport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for practicing Omra, the Saudi security forces arrested him. The human rights' activist used to call for the rights of the Egyptian detainees in the kingdom. He used to criticize the Saudi policy towards the Egyptians in the kingdom.

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