Communication 323/06: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and AC HP R INTERIGHTS v Egypt Summary of the Complaint: 1. This Communication is brought by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and INTERIGHTS (the Complainants) on behalf of Nawal 'Ali Mohamed Ahmed (the First Victim), 'Abir Al-'Askari (the Second Victim), Shaimaa Abou Al-Kheir (the Third Victim) and Iman Taha Kamel (the Fourth Victim). 2. The Respondent State is the Arab Republic of Egypt (Egypt); a State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples‟ Rights (the African Charter).1 3. The Complainants submit that on 25 May 2005, the Egyptian Movement for Change (Kefaya) organized a demonstration in front of Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum with respect to the referendum aimed at amending Article 76 of the Egyptian Constitution, allowing multi-candidate presidential elections. They submit that Riot police surrounded the small number of protesters (around fifty) and several journalists reporting the events, and at about 12:00 noon, while public buses were transporting young 1 Egypt ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples‟ Rights on 20 March 1984, and is therefore a State Party. 1

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