Hanane Baderraddine Abdalhafez Othman
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-036-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- 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
- 6 July 2017; November 2017; 21 February 2018
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Female
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
Families of the Forcibly Disappeared Association; Ms. Othman began to advocate for justice for victims of enforced disappearance and their families after her husband, Mr. Khaled Mohamed Hafez Mohamed Azzedine, disappeared on 27 July 2013 following his arrest by state security forces during a demonstration in Nasr City, Cairo district. She has documented cases of enforced disappearances for submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.
- 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
She has documented cases of enforced disappearances for submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 6 May 2017
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Al Qanater Al Khayriyah Prison in the Governorate of Qalyubiya
- Reprisal information
prolonged nine-month pre-trial detention; denied medical attention while in prison
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Charge/Investigation/Prosecution - General
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- Physical attack: Torture/Cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment
- 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
- Further case development
Following her arrest, she was brought to the Public Prosecutor of Shubra El Kheima in the Governorate of Qalyubiya, and charged with “belonging to a banned group” and “forming a women’s organization.” She is currently held at the Al Qanater Al Khayriyah Prison for women in reportedly inhuman conditions.
nearly six months after being detained, Ms. Othman remains in pre-trial detention, without being charged. There is concern that her detention may be an act of reprisal for her cooperation with the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.
- Government response dates
- 30 October 2017
- Government response content
In an update to OHCHR on 31 July 2018, the Government noted that the investigations indicated that the accused is involved in a number of women’s groups, which aim to monitor officers and individuals, as well as the cars they use for transportation for the purpose of targeting them through terrorist operations. The Government confirmed that the accused is currently in Qanatar prison for women and is charged with joining a terrorist organisation in case number 5163 of 2017, Administrative Qanatar Khayreya Police Station. She has been provided with medical treatment. The Government did not address the allegations of reprisals.
- 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?
- 0