Essam Kamal Abdel Jalil Abdel Aleem
Detention Victim- Date updated
- Mar 9, 2024
- Gender
- Male
- Age group
- 36-60
- Nationality
- Egyptian
- Profession
- Engineer at the Egyptian Telecommunications Company
- Profession Category
- Engineer
- Background of detention
- Enforced disappearance
- Violations
- Deprivation of liberty
- Enforced disappearance
- Date of Arrest
- Aug 24, 2016
- Place of Arrest
- Giza
- Identity of forces carrying out the arrest
- police
- state security
- Was S/he trialed?
- Yes
- Cases Numbers
- Summary
The victim was arrested on August 24, 2016 from 6th of October City, and was taken to an unknown destination without giving reasons. He has not been presented to any investigating authorities yet.
A year after his arrest, his name was included in Military Case 64, known in the media as the attempted assassination of the Assistant Public Prosecutor, and in March 2020, the Criminal Court issued a ruling to punish him in absentia with life imprisonment, despite his arrest in August 2016.
His family submitted a large number of telegrams and complaints to the Public Prosecutor, the Ministry of Interior, the Council of Ministers, and the People’s Assembly and did not receive a response from these parties regarding his place of detention or his legal status.
- Image
- Data status
- Monitored