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Dec-23-2013 12:44TweetFollow @OregonNews Egypt: Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights Raided by Security ForcesWilliam Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.comFive of the six detainees were released on the morning of 19 December 19, at approximately 11:00 a.m., while Mohamed Adel is still in detention and his whereabouts remain unknown.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - In the early hours of 19 December 2013, Egyptian Security Forces raided the headquarters of the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR), arbitrarily arrested six of its members and held them incommunicado. ECESR is a human rights organisation headed by former presidency candidate, lawyer and human rights defender, Mr Khalid Ali. The arrested human rights defenders were Mr Moustafa Eissa, Head of ECESR Documentaries Unit, Mr Mahmoud Belal, a lawyer, and four volunteers, Mr Hossam Mohamed Nasr, Mr El-Sayed Mahmoud El-Sayed, Mr Mohamed Adel, and Mr Sherif Ashour. Five of the six detainees were released on the morning of 19 December 19, at approximately 11am, while Mohamed Adel is still in detention and his whereabouts remain unknown. Security Forces also vandalized some of the equipment and furniture of the Media Unit, and confiscated computers belonging to the Unit. During the whole night, ECESR's lawyers tried to reach the place where the six members were being detained, but police refused to provide them with any information about the human rights defenders' whereabouts. ECESR lawyers have filed a report on the raid of the ECESR headquarters, the attack on staff members and volunteers, and the destruction and stealing of equipment. I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. In the early hours of 19 December 2013, Egyptian Security Forces raided the headquarters of the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR), arbitrarily arrested six of its members and held them incommunicado. ECESR is a human rights organisation headed by former presidency candidate, lawyer and human rights defender, Mr Khalid Ali. The arrested human rights defenders were Mr Moustafa Eissa, Head of ECESR Documentaries Unit, Mr Mahmoud Belal, a lawyer, and four volunteers, Mr Hossam Mohamed Nasr, Mr El-Sayed Mahmoud El-Sayed, Mr Mohamed Adel, and Mr Sherif Ashour. Five of the six detainees were released on the morning of 19 December 19, at approximately 11:00 a.m., while Mohamed Adel is still in detention and his whereabouts remain unknown. Security Forces also vandalized some of the equipment and furniture of the Media Unit, and confiscated computers belonging to the Unit. During the whole night, ECESR's lawyers tried to reach the place where the six members were being detained, but police refused to provide them with any information about the human rights defenders' whereabouts. ECESR lawyers have filed a report on the raid of the ECESR headquarters, the attack on staff members and volunteers, and the destruction and stealing of equipment. I view the crackdown on ECESR as a part of an escalating harsh campaign to silence human rights defenders in Egypt. This campaign started with defaming human rights organisations in the media, in the framework of the “war on terrorism”, before escalating to direct and physical attacks against human rights defenders. I urge the authorities in Egypt to:
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