🔴 Serious escalation inside Wadi al-Natrun Prison 440: assaults, torture, and solitary confinement of three detainees amid anger and preparations for an open-ended hunger strike
The Al-Shehab Human Rights Center reports that the head of investigations at Wadi al-Natrun Prison 440, officer Mohamed Abdel Muttalib, and National Security officer Abdullah Habib (known as: Mohamed al-Lahouni), along with several assistants, informants, and criminal inmates, carried out a brutal assault on three political detainees inside the prison.
📍 Details of the assault:
• At 4 PM last Wednesday, a security force stormed room 7 A – block 2, and conducted a humiliating search that included insults and abuse.
• When the detainees objected, the force launched a severe crackdown, which included:
Severe beating with batons and electric sticks,
Stripping the detainees of their clothes,
Binding them from behind,
And dragging them to disciplinary cells.
• The detainees have been held since Wednesday afternoon without water, food, or clothing, and in dangerous health conditions, despite some suffering from chronic illnesses such as hypertension and diabetes.
📌 Names of the detainees who were assaulted:
Abd al-Jid Radwan Abd al-Hamid Imara – Menoufia – detained since the dispersal of Rabaa
Salih Salih Abd al-Aty Youssef – Menoufia – detained since the dispersal of Rabaa
Yasser Mohamed Abd al-Rahim Barai – Ismailia – detained since the dispersal of Rabaa
Moreover, the prison administration dispersed the remaining inmates of room 7 A to other rooms, with threats of further abuse and transfer to distant prisons, leading to widespread anger inside the prison.
🔻 Preparations for an open-ended hunger strike:
Sources inside the prison reported that the detainees are preparing to start an open-ended hunger strike on Saturday morning in protest against the repeated violations and to demand an end to the assaults and the return of the detainees to their places.
📌 Position of Al-Shehab Center:
The Al-Shehab Human Rights Center emphasizes:
• The legitimacy of the detainees' demands and their right to maintain their dignity and physical safety.
• It calls on the Public Prosecutor and the Prison Authority to:
Open an urgent investigation into the incident,
Immediately stop the assaults,
Conduct regular inspections of the prison,
And ensure the protection of detainees from serious violations that threaten their lives.
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