people emerging from the Press Syndicate building who took her inside
for protection.
They add that she is emotionally traumatised and
depressed from the assaults.
16.
It is also alleged by the Complainants that the Third Victim lodged a
Complaint where statements of eyewitnesses were ignored and that she
received threatening calls at home and at work to withdraw the
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complaint.
The Complainants allege that the Fourth Victim, a female journalist at
Nahdat Misr Newspaper, in Cairo, and a member of the Kefaya movement,
was also attending the demonstration. They allege that she was attacked
by a group of unidentified men who pushed her against the wall and hit
her in her lower abdomen several times until she collapsed on the ground.
They also allege that she was kicked on her pubic area by one of the men,
while the others continued to beat, and tried to tear off her clothes.
18.
It is alleged by the Complainants that while the above mentioned
assaults were taking place, law enforcement officers on the scene refused
to come to her assistance, allow her seek medical assistance, or have access
to the Press Syndicate building for protection.
19.
The Complainants allege that, the Fourth Victim stayed for two days in
the Marg Hospital undergoing treatment for bruises on her right hip, right
knee and upper pelvic area, and that a medical report was issued on 31
May 2005. They further allege that she is traumatized by the assaults that
have had a detrimental effect on her mental health.
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