Upon the request made by Mr. Nasser Amin, a lawyer and director of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, Mr. “Yasser Batta”, president of West Alexandria Prosecution, issued his decision on February 23rd 2010 to hear the testimony of Mr. Sami Abu Zahry, Hamas spokesman in the matter of the death of his brother, Yousef Abu Zahry in “Burj al Arab” prison in Alexandria.
Worth mentioning that Mr. Nasser Amin had submitted a request, on September 16th 2009, to Councilor. Abdel Megid Mahmoud, the Egyptian Public Prosecutor, to open investigations into the death of Abu Zahra. The application contains several observations concerning the findings that surrounded the incident and the investigation was in the file; as the Egyptian authorities announced it and added that it “is insufficient and can’t show the truth.”
It should be noted that Mr. Amin has called for an independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of Yusuf Abu Zahry inside his prison, especially since there are many doubts about being tortured.
The Egyptian authorities arrested Yousef Hamdan Awwad Abu Zahry, 38 years, on April 28th 2009 in Al-Arish City, allegedly infiltrated from the Gaza Strip to Egypt through one of the tunnels. Furthermore, Yousef Abu Zahry has undergone numerous investigations by the Egyptian authorities until he died on October 10th 2009 at “Burj Al Arab” prison in Alexandria .
