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Nakhnoukh taken to hospital, source warns of his escape

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December 3rd, 2012

The West Alexandria Prosecution approved on Monday Sabry “Nakhnoukh” Helmy’s request to be taken to a hospital for heart treatment, while a security source warned that this may be a plot for his escape and flight from Egypt.

Nakhnoukh’s lawyer filed the request with the prosecution on Monday, saying Nakhnoukh suffers from heart problems. The lawyer attached a report from the prison doctor stating that Nakhnoukh has heart palpitations and a blood pressure disorder.  

Nakhnoukh, according to the report, had previously undergone open heart surgery, and the prison doctor recommended that he be transferred to an intensive care unit in a hospital outside the prison. Nakhnoukh will be taken to the East City Hospital in the Sidi Beshr area of Alexandria.  

A security source at the Alexandria Security Directorate claimed that the request to transfer Nakhnoukh was the beginning of an escape attempt.

The source added that policemen cannot guard rooms in the intensive care unit, so there would be no way to prevent Nakhnoukh from escaping.

Major General Abdel Mawgoud Lotfy, head of the Alexandria Security Directorate, ordered five Central Security units to secure the entrances and exits of the hospital in preparation for Nakhnoukh’s arrival.  

Nakhnoukh would be examined by specialists to determine whether he should be admitted to the intensive care unit or not.

Edited Translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Protester dies from tear gas as protests converge at Tahrir

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November 27th, 2012

Thousands of protesters, including members of the Journalists, Lawyers and Teachers Syndicates, have marched to Tahrir Square to demand that President Mohamed Morsy rescind his constitutional declaration, while one protester died after fainting from teargas exposure.
 
Talaat Fahmy said Fatehy Gharib, 60, from Matareya district, died Tuesday in al-Helal Hospital of teargas exposure. "The security forces threw tear gas near the [Socialist Popular] Party's tent in front of Mugamma al-Tahrir after which Fatehy fainted," Fahmy told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
 
"Fatehy was transferred to the intensive care unit in al-Helal Hospital where his death was announced 15 minutes later," Fahmy added. "They killed him with [tear] gas. I am on my way to the hospitals and lawyers are on their way to submit a complaint with the incident."

Protesters chanted, “The people demand the fall of the regime,” “Down with the [Brotherhood] Supreme Guide’s rule” and “Mohamed Morsy is Mubarak.”

University students and retired officers were also present in the square, and a Wafd Party march led by chairman Sayyed al-Badawi had set off from its headquarters towards Tahrir.

“The Constitutional Declaration is an assault on statehood and the rule of law,” said Mohamed Shaaban, a lawyer. “The president is seeking seize all powers alone, but the people will not remain silent until he moves back."

Several political parties had called for the protests after Morsy's declaration Thursday significantly expanding his powers and declaring the Constituent Assembly and Shura Council immune from judicial review.

Dozens of students affiliated with political parties also marched across Ain Shams University to rally for the Tahrir protests, raising banners reading "No to the new constitutional declaration." Some students said they would take the metro to join a march staged in front of Cairo University.

Meanwhile, dozens of Muslim Brotherhood students distributed statements at Ain Shams University saying that “the main goal of the recent constitutional declaration is Egyptians’ interests, in order to hold retrials of protesters’ killers and allocate pensions to the injured and martyrs, as part of their rights.”

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Mubarak falls for second time in prison

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November 20th, 2012

Former President Hosni Mubarak fell on the ground on Monday due to dizziness while entering the bathroom attached to the intensive care unit where he stays. The fall is the second one within two weeks, informed sources at the central command of prisons said.

Mubarak is currently imprisoned on charges of killing protesters during the 25 January revolution.

Mubarak fell inside his cell leading to swelling in the knees, thighs and feet, the sources added. The prison administration called the medical team, which treated the swelling.

The sources also added that the fall came after a visit by his wife Suzanne, his daughter in law Khadiga al-Gamal and her father on Monday. It also came hours after a visit by his doctor, who examined him. His son Gamal was present when the ousted president fell.

A similar fall took place last week, also in the bathroom.

The fall coincides with the imprisonment of Mounir Thabet, his wife’s brother, by the Illicit Gains Authority pending investigations in the case of the Cooperative Housing Association for Military Pilots’ land. Thabet was imprisoned in the cell next to Mubarak's.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Authorities deny reports of Mubarak transfer after bathroom fall

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November 7th, 2012

An Interior Ministry’s Prisons Authority official has denied reports that former President Hosni Mubarak was transferred out of Tora prison after falling in the prison lavatory Monday.

The source said Mubarak’s health is stable, adding that his wife and daughter-in-law visited him and his son Alaa Mubarak on Wednesday after receiving permission from the Public Prosecution.

The source said that a police officer had heard Mubarak crying for help inside his intensive care unit and found him on the bathroom floor. After evaluating the former president, prison doctors decided he did not need to be transferred to another hospital.

Mubarak is serving a life sentence for charges of complicity in the murder of pro-democracy protesters during the uprising that ended his 30-year rule in February 2011.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Syndicate: Police officer beat, threatened doctor

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November 5th, 2012

A police officer allegedly assaulted a doctor working in the Bulaq al-Dakrour Hospital in Giza, the Doctors Syndicate claimed on Monday.

Abdul Naser Saqr, head of the syndicate’s branch in Giza, said that the syndicate has filed a report on the incident with the public prosecutor.

The victim, Mahmoud Abdel Fattah, is currently in the intensive care unit, suffering from bruises and a concussion after the assault, Saqr said.

The syndicate will no longer tolerate assaults on doctors at their places of work, Saqr’s statement said. They would reject all attempts at reconciliation and demand that Abdel Fattah’s rights be upheld.

Abdel Fattah spoke to the privately-owned Youm7 newspaper on Monday about the assault.

He said that he was on duty on 30 October when a man came into the hospital suffering from renal colic. When the accused — the patient’s son — asked Abdel Fattah to administer additional painkillers, he stated that there were none left in the hospital.

At that point, the police officer began beating and insulting him, Abdel Fattah said, as well as threatening him with a gun.

Activists say police abuse continues unabated, even after the revolution. The Justice Ministry said Monday that it has tasked three judges with investigating four instances of human rights abuses allegedly committed by police officers, as per a request made by the National Council of Human Rights.

Police brutality, corruption and torture were some of the major issues that fueled the 25 January revolution. Mubarak’s police force was notorious for torturing suspects, often to death, and committing human rights violations.

Edited translation from MENA

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Imprisoned ex-information minister suffers second heart attack

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November 4th, 2012

Former Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi suffered a heart attack on Saturday afternoon and was transported to Qasr al-Aini hospital, state-owned Al-Ahram reported.

Fiqqi was stricken while he was in his prison cell in Tora. He was transported to the hospital with permission from prison authorities. He is currently in the Intensive Care Unit.

Fiqqi had previously suffered a heart attack on Thursday and was taken to a hospital for treatment before being returned to prison after his health improved.

In September 2011, the Cairo Criminal Court dismissed Fiqqi from his position and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

Prosecutors charged Fiqqi with granting broadcasting rights for Egypt's premier football league matches in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to private satellite channels free of charge, costing the state LE1.89 million in losses. In July 2011, Fiqqi was acquitted in a separate case of squandering public funds on political propaganda for the former ruling National Democratic Party.

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Sources: Rights delegation to recommend against transferring Mubarak

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August 14th, 2012

A human rights delegation sent to Tora prison to investigate a complaint submitted by ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal is inclined to recommend against moving the former president to another hospital, sources from the National Council for Human Rights said.

There is a consensus among the delegation’s members — who are from the council — that the intensive care unit at the prison hospital is kept to international standards, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The delegation is submitting a final report to President Mohamed Morsy and the public prosecutor, the sources said.

Mubarak’s lawyer, Farid al-Deeb, had submitted a handwritten complaint to the council in which the former president’s son said his father receives inhumane treatment that does not conform with human rights standards.

Mubarak’s wife, Suzanne, his daughter-in-law Khadiga al-Gamal, and her father, businessman Mahmoud al-Gamal, visited Mubarak Monday. A security source said the visitors were inspected as per normal prison rules and that the food and drinks they brought were allowed.

On 2 June, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Mubarak and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly to 25 years in prison, the maximum possible sentence, for complicity in the killing of peaceful protesters during the 25 January revolution.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Mubarak depressed after returning to prison hospital

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July 22nd, 2012

 

Prison sources said that former President Hosni Mubarak is taciturn and has difficulty moving after he returned to Tora Prison Hospital. His son, Gamal, who is detained in the same prison, was allowed to accompany him in the hospital.

The sources, who requested anonymity, said that his health condition is stable, and that he is undergoing medical examination daily, sometimes by doctors from outside the prison.

They added that he is currently in the intensive care unit, and that his blood pressure showed a high of 180/100, but his pulse was normal.

They also said the prison regulations are applied to Mubarak just like any other prisoner.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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Malaysia police officer shot four times in Spain-Italy dispute

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July 4th, 2012

Malaysia police officer shot four times after Euro 2012 argument.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians can disagree over football and do so violently. A police officer in the country was shot four times during the Spain-Italy Euro 2012 championship match at a pub on Sunday evening and is now in critical condition at a local hospital.

The 24-year-old officer from Sarawak was reportedly rushed to the intensive care unit of the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru after being shot in the stomach.

According to witnesses at the pub who spoke to Bikyamasr.com, the officer had been angry when Italy was drubbed by Spain in the final.

He then became involved in a angry argument with another fan. The officer then pulled his gun on the man, who in a scuffle accidentally shot the police officer four times.

“It was really scary, but I don’t think the man who shot the police man meant to, he was just trying to protect himself,” one witness told Bikyamasr.com on Tuesday after police had detained the other man in the scuffle.

“He is currently in a coma and is being treated at the ICU,” said Nusajaya OCPD Supt Noor Hashim Mohamed, adding that the case has been classified as attempted murder under Section 307 of the Penal Code.

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Malaysia police officer shot four times in Spain-Italy dispute

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July 4th, 2012

Malaysia police officer shot four times after Euro 2012 argument.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians can disagree over football and do so violently. A police officer in the country was shot four times during the Spain-Italy Euro 2012 championship match at a pub on Sunday evening and is now in critical condition at a local hospital.

The 24-year-old officer from Sarawak was reportedly rushed to the intensive care unit of the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru after being shot in the stomach.

According to witnesses at the pub who spoke to Bikyamasr.com, the officer had been angry when Italy was drubbed by Spain in the final.

He then became involved in a angry argument with another fan. The officer then pulled his gun on the man, who in a scuffle accidentally shot the police officer four times.

“It was really scary, but I don’t think the man who shot the police man meant to, he was just trying to protect himself,” one witness told Bikyamasr.com on Tuesday after police had detained the other man in the scuffle.

“He is currently in a coma and is being treated at the ICU,” said Nusajaya OCPD Supt Noor Hashim Mohamed, adding that the case has been classified as attempted murder under Section 307 of the Penal Code.

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