Egypt: Article 55 Coalition report documents 14 violations in detention centers and prisons in September

At the beginning of September 2023, videos surfaced on social media platforms that purportedly showed Muslim Brotherhood leaders inside Egyptian prisons, mainly in the new Badr Prison Complex, showing footage from surveillance cameras allegedly documenting inhumane conditions for political prisoners. While these videos, claimed to be related to political figures like Mahmoud Ezzat and Salah Sultan, stirred widespread controversy, the Ministry of Interior issued a brief statement denying any connection between these videos and the mentioned individuals. The statement did not address the identity of the individuals shown in the videos or the actual conditions of the prisoners in Badr prisons, even though the cell’s appearance in the videos closely matched that featured in promotional videos released by the Ministry of Interior. In the same context, the official gazette published a decision by the Ministry of Interior (No. 1776/2023) to establish a new prison in the Borg El Arab area in Alexandria, expanding its jurisdiction within the Alexandria Security Directorate. This increases the number of prisons in Egypt to 169….September 2023 Bulletin