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Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar tortured in detention

According to the cartoonist’s wife, Nada Mugheeth, and lawyer Khaled Ali, Ashraf Omar was physically abused and tortured while in detention.

While official documents date his arrest to Wednesday 24 July, the cartoonist was taken from his home in the suburbs of Giza province on the night of Monday 22 July, before reappearing before the State Security Prosecutor’s Office on the evening of Wednesday 24 July, almost 60 hours later. It was during this enforced disappearance that he was allegedly subjected to violence and electric shock torture.

Human rights lawyer Nasser Amin and Mohamed Lotfy, Director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, have called on the Prosecutor General, Mohamed Shawky, to open a transparent investigation into these allegations of torture and to submit Ashraf Omar to a forensic examination.

Accused of joining a terrorist group, publishing and disseminating fake news and inappropriate use of social media, Ashraf Omar was detained in custody until 5 August. Following a hearing held by videoconference on 4 August, his remand period was extended by 15 days. A second hearing was held on 18 August 2024, during which his remand period was once again extended.

Cartooning for Peace, very concerned by these statements, calls on the Egyptian authorities to ensure Ashraf Omar’s safety and demands his release.

https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/soutiens/kidnapping-of-egyptian-press-cartoonist-ashraf-omar/

 

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An Egyptian state security prosecutor yesterday renewed the detention of satirical cartoonist Ashraf Omar for 15 days for the fourth time pending investigation into his alleged involvement “in a terrorist group, disseminating false news and misusing social media tools”.

A member of Omar’s defence team and human rights lawyer, Nabeel Al-Janady, told Al-Araby Al-Jadeednews site that the session on whether to renew Omar’s detention was held via video conference in Omar’s absence pending further investigations.

On 18 August, Omar’s detention was renewed for the third time for 15 days.

At the time, his legal team confirmed that he had been beaten and tortured by security forces agents during his arrest and detention at the National Security headquarter, where he remained forcibly disappeared for several days.

Omar appeared at the State Security Prosecution about 48 hours after his enforced disappearance.

Omar works for Al-Manassa online news platform. Prior to his detention,his satirical cartoons criticised Egypt’s electricity crisis, national debt, and the sale of state assets to Gulf investors.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240902-egypt-renews-detention-of-satirical-cartoonist-for-fourth-time/

 

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