the incident of killing the citizen, Rami Hussein, at Dar-Elsalam Police Station

Wednesday 9 August 2023

the incident of killing the citizen, Rami Hussein, at Dar-Elsalam Police Station

Urgent Statement

El-Shehab for Human Rights calls upon the Public Prosecutor to initiate an investigation into the incident of killing the citizen, Rami Hussein, at Dar-Elsalam Police Station, and rejects the narrative provided by the Ministry of Interior.

The Ministry of Interior issued a statement today denying the incident of killing the citizen Rami Hussein at Dar-Elsalam Police Station. It stated that the reports circulated by some pages and channels regarding the circumstances of the death of an individual at Dar-Elsalam Police Station in Cairo are unsubstantiated, and that those pages and channels belong to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group.

The statement mentioned, "The mentioned individual has been held in pretrial detention at Dar-Elsalam Police Station of Cairo Security Directorate since July 29th, based on a decision from the General Prosecutor's Office, on charges of drug trafficking for possessing '200 narcotic tablets'. He has a criminal record and a medical history, suffering from tuberculosis and other ailments. When he felt unwell, he was transferred to a hospital. A medical report indicated that his death resulted from a severe drop in blood circulation and cardiac arrest, and that he had no injuries. When a number of the defendants detained with him were questioned, they confirmed the findings of the report."

The statement is considered a carbon copy of most of the statements issued by the Ministry of Interior regarding cases of death inside police stations and detention centers, the latest of which was the statement issued regarding the death of Citizen Mahmoud Tawfiq in Alexandria. The statement affirmed that the cause of death was also a severe drop in blood circulation, the same cause as Rami Hussein's death statement. It was also mentioned that his fellow detainees acknowledged the accuracy of the examination's findings, without clarifying how this verification was conducted and what resources were made available for them to do so.

Finally, the Ministry of Interior has not provided any clarification regarding the presence of blood on the deceased's face. Therefore, we affirm the incorrectness of the Ministry of Interior's statement and call on the Public Prosecution to investigate the incident of killing the citizen Rami Hussein at Dar-Elsalam Police Station and to suspend Officer Abdulrahman Ragaei, who is accused of murder, until a thorough investigation into this matter is conducted.

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