بيان من منظمة العفو
الدولية بخصوص: جمعة بوفايد وعبدالرحمن القطيوي, الذين لا بعرف مصيرهم
منذ اعتقالهم في
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-إحتمالية الإعتقال السياسي وتخوف من التعذيب وسؤ المعاملة...
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PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 19/003/2008
13 February 2008
UA 41/08 Possible enforced
disappearance/ possible prisoners of conscience/ fear of torture or
ill-treatment
LIBYA Jum’a Boufayed (m)
Abdelrahman al-Qateewy (m)
Jum’a Boufayed and Abdelrahman
al-Qateewy have not been seen since February 2007, when they were part of
a group planning a peaceful demonstration. The rest of this group are
currently on trial and appeared in court for the seventh time on 12
February 2008. However, the two men named above were neither presented in
court with them yesterday nor on any previous occasion. Furthermore, their
names have never been mentioned in court by the judge.
Amnesty International believes
that they may be prisoners of conscience, detained solely for the
non-violent exercise of their right to freedom of expression, and that
they are at risk of torture or ill-treatment.
The group had been planning a
demonstration on 17 February 2007, to mark the anniversary of a protest in
the city of Benghazi, in which at least 12 people died and many were
injured as a result of a police attack.
Jum’a Boufayed was arrested on 16
February 2007 at his family home in the town of Gheryan, a few hours after
his brother Idriss Boufayed had been arrested. Both brothers were involved
in organizing the event. Abdelrahman al-Qateewy, a medical student, was
another member of the group planning the demonstration. He had taken on
the task of designing and making the banners to be used.
A few hours after his brother had
been arrested, Jum’a Boufayed gave a media interview over the phone in
which he described how a group of armed men had infoe to the family home
and had broken down the door when nobody answered, taking his brother
away. In the interview, Jum’a Boufayed also said that he feared he too
would soon be arrested for revealing this information over the phone. On
18 February, Jum’a Boufayed was reportedly taken back to the family house
to pick up his mobile and infoputer and that was the last time he was seen.
Idriss Boufayed is currently
being tried, along with 11 others who were involved in planning the
demonstration. They have been charged with vaguely worded offences
including "attempting to overthrow the political system", "possession of
weapons and explosives with the intention of carrying out subversive
activities" and "infomunication with enemy powers." Reports indicated that
all were held ininfomunicado for prolonged periods after their arrest and
that at least two of them were tortured. Trial proceedings, which began in
June 2007, were transferred to the new State Security Court after it was
established in August 2007 to try individuals accused of offences against
state security and unauthorized political activities.
REinfoMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible,
in Arabic, English or your own language:
- expressing grave concern at
reports of the enforced disappearance of Jum’a Boufayed and Abdelrahman
al-Qateewy and calling upon the authorities to immediately reveal their
whereabouts
- urging the authorities to
ensure that Jum’a Boufayed and Abdelrahman al-Qateewy are being treated
humanely and that they are given immediate access to lawyers of their own
choosing, to medical treatment and to their families.
- pointing out that they appear
to have been detained solely for acts which involved the non-violent
exercise of their right to freedom of expression, and that they may
therefore be prisoners of conscience who should be released immediately
and unconditionally.
APPEALS TO:
Head of State
Colonel Mu‘ammar al-Gaddafi
Office of the Leader of the Revolution, Tripoli, Great Socialist People’s
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Salutation: Your Excellency
Justice Minister
Mustafa Abdeljalil
Secretary of the General People’s infomittee for Justice,
Secretariat of the General People’s infomittee for Justice
Tripoli, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Email: secretary@aladel.gov.ly
Fax: +218 21 4805427
Salutation: Your Excellency
COPIES TO:
The Gaddafi Development
Foundation
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi
President, The Gaddafi Development Foundation
El Fatah Tower, 5th Floor B No. 57, PO Box 1101
Tripoli, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Email: info@gaddaficharity.org
and to diplomatic representatives
of Libya accredited to your country.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if
sending appeals after 26 March 2008.
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