Women prisoners on hunger strike in Egyptian jail
Women prisoners on hunger strike in Egyptian jail
A group of three students, Shaimaa Shawqi Gawda, Maha Ahmad Fahmy and Esraa Saeed, have started a hunger strike in protest against their prison treatment.
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The Freedom Seekers Observatory said the three women had been physically attacked [AFP]
Three Egyptian students began a hunger strike on Monday in protest against mistreatment by prison officers in al-Minya General Prison, south of Cairo.
Shaimaa Shawqi Gawda, a student at Dar al-Ilm University in Fayoum was arrested on 21 January, after an anti-coup protest in Beni Suef was dispersed.
Maha Ahmad Fahmy, a schoolgirl from Beni Seuf, was arrested the next day.
Both students were accused of being in possession of Molotov cocktails and planning to set fire to a railway.
The third, Esraa Saeed, is an engineering student, and was arrested on 20 January at her home, along with her brother.
She was accused of setting fire to the Judge's Club in Beni Suef and threatening to kill officers, as well running internet pages that incited people to turn against the regime and its security forces.
The Freedom Seekers' Observatory, a group that has taken up the cause of student rights in Egypt, said the three women had been "physically attacked" before being transferred to al-Minya General Prison, where they had also "faced many attacks".
This is an edited translation from our Arabic edition.
Shaimaa Shawqi Gawda, a student at Dar al-Ilm University in Fayoum was arrested on 21 January, after an anti-coup protest in Beni Suef was dispersed.
Maha Ahmad Fahmy, a schoolgirl from Beni Seuf, was arrested the next day.
Both students were accused of being in possession of Molotov cocktails and planning to set fire to a railway.
The third, Esraa Saeed, is an engineering student, and was arrested on 20 January at her home, along with her brother.
She was accused of setting fire to the Judge's Club in Beni Suef and threatening to kill officers, as well running internet pages that incited people to turn against the regime and its security forces.
The Freedom Seekers' Observatory, a group that has taken up the cause of student rights in Egypt, said the three women had been "physically attacked" before being transferred to al-Minya General Prison, where they had also "faced many attacks".
This is an edited translation from our Arabic edition.
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