Mahmoud
Hussein appeared in court again on 26 August due to an irregularity in
his case, two days after his detention had been renewed for 45 days. He
is a 19-year-old student who has spent over 18 months in pre-trial
detention in Egypt after being arrested for wearing a T-shirt with the
“Nation Without Torture Campaign” logo.
Prisoner of conscience Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein
was taken to Cairo’s Abbassia Court on 26 August for an unexpected
court proceeding, his lawyer told Amnesty International. He had appeared
in court two days earlier, when his detention was renewed, so he was
not expected in court for another six weeks.
Under
Egyptian law, a person can be held in pre-trial detention for two
years, if accused of crimes punishable by life imprisonment or the death
penalty. The accusations against Mahmoud Hussein include offenses that
carry the penalty of life imprisonment, but they relate solely to a
videotaped “confession” that he was forced to give under torture after
he was arrested on 25 January 2014.
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