Amnesty International condemned the abduction, detention and torture of Egyptian activist Esraa Abdel Fattah as an indication of a policy of escalating atrocities against human rights defenders.
Egyptian lawyers said that more than one detainee showed signs of torture, including Alaa Abdel-Fattah and his lawyer, Mohammed al-Baqer and Ola al-Qaradawi.
According to the statement, Israa Abdel Fattah was assaulted and abducted by security forces in plain clothes on October 12.
The next day, according to the statement, described to the Supreme State Security Prosecution "how she was tortured by officers who beat her and tried to strangle her and forced her to stand for about eight hours."
"Esraa Abdel Fattah's account of torture, which came a few days after activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah suffered a similar ordeal in custody, is an alarming sign that the Egyptian authorities are intensifying their use of brutal tactics to suppress defenders," said Amnesty International's campaign director for North Africa, Najia Bounaim. On human rights. "
"Esraa Abdel Fattah has been targeted for false reasons and is arbitrarily detained for her work in defense of human rights. She must be released immediately and unconditionally," Bounaim said.
Eleven Egyptian human rights organizations issued a joint statement, saying that the Egyptian authorities had not fulfilled 300 United Nations pledges.