Appeal from the National Council for Human Rights To His Excellency the President of the Republic

Appeal from the National Council for Human Rights

 

To His Excellency the President of the Republic

 

The National Council for Human Rights has the honor to submit to Your Excellency this humanitarian appeal.

 

Proceeding from the Council’s constitutional and legal role, and in full faith in Your Excellency’s paternal role in considering a number of humanitarian cases concerning some convicted individuals—whose families have submitted appeals to us requesting the release of their relatives, in light of the humanitarian and health conditions experienced by those families which require the presence of their loved ones—the Council emphasizes that the exercise of the right of presidential pardon falls within Your Excellency’s constitutional prerogatives. It is a power that embodies the humanitarian dimension of the state and reflects Your Excellency’s personal concern for the integrity of the Egyptian family, especially vulnerable groups (children, persons with disabilities, women, and the elderly).

 

From this standpoint, and in light of the petitions received by the Council, which have been studied and whose humanitarian dimensions have been thoroughly considered, we appeal to Your Excellency to kindly consider issuing a presidential pardon for the following convicted individuals:

 

Alaa Ahmed Seif El-Islam Abdel Fattah

 

Said Magly al-Daw Aliwa

 

Karam Abdel-Samei Ismail Al-Saadani

 

Walaa Gamal Saad Mohamed

 

Mohamed Awad Abdo Mohamed

 

Mohamed Abdel Khaleq Abdel Aziz Abdel Latif

 

Mansour Abdel Gaber Ali Abdel Razek

 

This is in view of the critical family circumstances faced by their relatives. Such a decision would represent a deeply significant moral incentive for the families of those mentioned and would substantially contribute to restoring their stability as well as their psychological and social balance.