Abu Khalil added in statements to the episode (18/8/2020) of the program "The Opposite Direction" that Dr. Essam Al-Erian was subjected to solitary confinement, which contradicts Egyptian law not to subject those over the age of 60 years to solitary confinement, and contradicts the Egyptian Ministry of Interior's narration, which said He died during an altercation.
He stressed that the Egyptian regime also violated the law after handing over the body of Al-Arian to his family for burial, or sending it to the morgue to determine the causes of death, considering that a continuation of the series of killing political prisoners and their illegal detention.
The human rights activist accused the Egyptian regime of deliberately killing political opponents with the Coronavirus by not isolating detention centers in which the virus had spread, which led to the death of many detainees there.
On the other hand, the lawyer and coordinator of the "Egypt Above All" coalition, Mahmoud Attia, considered that accusing the Egyptian regime of killing Al-Arian is not taken into account due to the lack of evidence indicating that, stressing that the Egyptian authorities did not limit the right of anyone in prisons, and provided them with the necessary medical care, and those who died They are old.
Attia added that the human rights reports that are issued by international organizations that indicate the existence of systematic torture in Egyptian prisons come as part of a systematic campaign against Egypt, and accusing the United Nations of working against Egypt and its people, noting that the Egyptian regime has released many prisoners, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
He added that the Egyptian authorities have taken all measures related to the protection of prisoners from the Corona virus, considering that the reports indicating that there are deaths among prisoners due to Corona are a continuation of the campaign against Egypt, and an attempt to distort its reputation, which is false and false news.