Ahmed Mefreh Ali Elsaeidy
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2014-024-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2014
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.820553
Longitude: 30.802498
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Egypt
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 16 September 2013
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
country representative in Egypt of Alkarama
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
gathering information about alleged human rights violations in the country for submission to the United Nations human rights mechanisms.
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 01 September 2013; 6 September 2013; 7 September 2013; 8 September 2013;
- Reprisal information
On 1 September 2013, an arrest warrant was reportedly issued against Mr. Elsaeidy, accusing him of being a member of an armed organization. On 6, 7 and 8 September 2013, officers of the State Security Investigation Service and the Central Security Forces reportedly visited Mr. Elsaeidy’s house, intimidated his wife and young son, and searched the property.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Family/friends/acquaintances targeted
- Property damage/raid/search/confiscation
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2020
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
The situation of Mr. Ahmed Mefreh Ali Elsaeidy of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) was included in the 2014 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/27/38, para. 24) on allegations of intimidation, arrest and charges following information he submitted to the UN when he was country representative in Egypt for the NGO Alkarama (EGY 14/2013). The CFJ and Mr. Mefreh engaged in the 2019 UPR of Egypt by contributing to six joint submissions, made publicly available. 37 On 13 November 2019, CFJ organized an NGO side event on the margins of the UPR and a press conference at the UN Palais des Nations. On 14 November 2019, a representative of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights who participated in the UPR of Egypt accused Mr. Mefreh on an internet-based news website ‘Cairo24’, of being present at the UN as part of the “Muslim Brotherhood’s delegation aimed to disrupt the UPR of Egypt.” On 15 November 2019, identical content was published by at least six online news outlets.
- Followup Trends 0
- Deterioration/further reprisals
- Did the government respond? 0
- No