Within the context of judicial proceedings taken by the Egyptian authorities on the threats directed to Mr. Nasser Amin, Director of the Arab Center for Independence of the Judiciary the Legal Profession (ACIJLP). The public prosecution “Misr El Qadima prosecution office” began the investigations on December 15th 2008. The investigations included hearing the statements of Mr. Amin stated in his communication to the Egyptian Attorney-General on receiving an e-mail which threats his right to life and physical integrity, unless he stops his role and the role of the Center to support the International Criminal Court and its role in the trial of the Sudanese president on the background of the crisis of Darfur region.
The investigations included also a question on the role of the Center and its activities to support the International Criminal Court, and whether the Director of the Center accuses anyone of being behind the threats. Mr. Amin has not charged any one or a particular body, but he accused only the group who sent the letter, which called themselves the “the Middle East Mujahedeen group in Cairo.”
It should be noted that Mr. Nasser Amin received on 25 October 2008 via the e-mail box of the Center a message entitled “the final warning” from a group calling itself the ” the Middle East Mujahedeen group in Cairo.” The letter contained a direct threat to Mr. Amin and one of the researchers at the center, who is Mr. Hamad Wadi Sand. The threatening letter called on Mr. Amin to desist from his duties to enhance the role of the International Criminal Court to Darfur crisis
As a result of this letter, Mr. Amin submitted a communication No. 18292 to the Egyptian Public Prosecutor calling him to take the necessary legal steps towards the investigation of the incident that threatening the right to life and physical integrity. The communication also called on the concerned bodies to reveal the truth and to find the source of the threats and take the necessary legal steps.
