Members of the National Council for Human Rights decided to allow the council's president, Mohamed Faeq, to meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after he returns from London to brief him on the violations committed by the police against citizens.
Council members unanimously agreed that the police need to stop their violations against citizens and reported mass arrests of civilians is against the law.
Head of the council's complaints' office Nasser Amin said the council was seriously concerned due to unprecedented human rights violations by police, particularly with regard to the detention of citizens and preventing them from communicating with their families.
In a statement to Al-Masry Al-Youm, he said the council received complaints that showed that National Security Agency powers have expanded in a fearful manner as the agency interferes in the matters of state institutions, which makes the situation worse than 30 years ago.
The council received 169 complaints, the highest rate compared to other types of complaints, on the exploitation of power and use of violence, said Amin.
The council sent the Interior Ministry a list of 51 citizens who were forcibly disappeared and demanded their whereabouts be disclosed. The ministry ignored the council's request, Amin added.
About 20 families filed complaints that their relatives were forcibly disappeared, said council member Mokhtar Nouh. He called on the top prosecutor to inspect prisons and investigate the complaints filed against the police.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
