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Cairo, 26th of October 2008
A threat to the Director of the ACIJLP
because of his
support to the role of the International Criminal Court on Darfur crisis
Mr. Nasser Amin,
Director of the Arab Center for the Independence of the judiciary and
the legal profession (ACIJLP), received on Saturday, 25 October 2008, a
strong threat from a Sudanese group in Cairo calling its self (Middle
East Mujahedeen in Cairo) through the Center’s e-mail.
The email included a
threat to Mr. Amin’s life and his right to physical integrity, and it
included also a threat to the researcher “Hammad Wadi Sannd”, who works
at the Center and who have the Sudanese nationality.
Further more, the
threatening e-mail claimed Mr. Amin to stop playing his role - and the
Center’s role - towards Darfur crisis in addition to the role of the
International Criminal Court on this crisis.
The Center fears that the Sudanese government might have a prior
knowledge of these threats and their content, or at least that these
threats didn’t have any reluctance from the Sudanese officials in
security organs.
The Center sees that
the motive behind this threat is to obstruct the role of the Center that
supports the International Criminal Court on strengthening international
criminal justice and the role of the court toward Darfur crisis.
While the Center Expresses its resentment and condemnation of such
threats, it calls upon the Egyptian government to guarantee Mr. Nasser
Amin’s right to life and physical integrity. The Center also puts the
full responsibility on the Sudanese government and the Sudanese embassy
in Cairo for any actions that might caused by Sudanese resident in
Cairo.
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