Narrated by: Amr Mohamed<\/b><\/p>\n
I obtained an official permit from the Public Prosecution to visit Moataz Wadnan<\/p>\n
At 8:00 AM, I was in front of Tora Prison’s outer gate, therein is the Istikbal Prison and the maximum-security prison sector 1 and 2.<\/p>\n
I stood for an hour until I managed to pass through the gates, and it was 9:15 AM.<\/p>\n
After being subjected to a body cavity search, one of the officers asked me “Whom are you visiting?” I answered “Al-Moataz Mohamed Shams Al-Din”.<\/p>\n
defendant”.<\/p>\n
Then I went to the place where I can wait for the vehicle indented for carrying visitors (Taftaf), and when it arrived, “Hold on man, you cannot get in until we tell you so”<\/p>\n
Finally I managed to get in the “Taftaf” at 10:30 AM<\/p>\n
And when I arrived at the maximum-security prison 2 gate, I headed to the low-ranking police officer in charge of recording the names of defendants and their families. I handed him the visit permit issued from the State Security Prosecution along with my ID card, then he went through the gate.<\/p>\n
The police officer: “Anyone has a visit here”, so I went to the gate, but he said “Hold on, your turn hasn’t come yet. You need to wait for a while”.<\/p>\n
So I waited in front of the outer gates of the maximum-security prison.<\/p>\n
Thereafter:<\/p>\n
Half an hour later;<\/p>\n
The (low-ranking) police officer: “Here are the card and your ID, wait a minute”, and I waited.<\/p>\n
Shortly thereafter;<\/p>\n
Police officer: Give me your card and ID<\/p>\n
Me: What is going on here?!<\/p>\n
Police officer: The chief detective needs to check them<\/p>\n
While I was waiting for him to be back, I saw a mother of a defendant holding a permit from the State Security Prosecution, but they refused to let her in to visit her son.<\/p>\n
The police officer: You cannot come in, madam. Please take your ID, and, if you want, you can leave anything in the safety deposit box.<\/p>\n
I asked a non-commissioned policeman outside the gate “What time is it now”<\/p>\n
He answered: 12:30 PM<\/p>\n
Then, the police officer came out of the gate and said: Come in sir, you need to meet the chief detective.<\/p>\n
After crossing the gate, I had another body cavity-search.<\/p>\n
I met the chief detective and another officer in police uniform.<\/p>\n
Chief detective: “You will be visiting the defendant for only 10 minutes, and you cannot speak with him unless regarding only two topics; the first one is the case, and the second one is to reassure him that his family are doing well. If you talk about any other thing, I swear to God (on your mother’s grave), you won’t be allowed to make any other visits to this prison once again. I am the prison’s head of detectives.<\/p>\n
I had to tell him “Okay” just to be able to see Moataz.<\/p>\n
The police officer: Wait a minute, sir<\/p>\n
The police officer: Come in, sir<\/p>\n
Then I met with Moataz next to the chief detective’s officer, not in the place assigned for visitations. We were also standing next to two police officers and a non-commissioned policeman.<\/p>\n
I was standing all the time; there wasn’t any place to have a seat therein.<\/p>\n
When I saw Moataz, I noticed at first sight that he was unable to move; he kept leaning on me for the whole duration of the visit.<\/p>\n
On their parts, the police officers and the low-ranking policeman were kept standing by us to listen to what we were saying.<\/p>\n
Moataz: I’m fine, sir. I am very much all right\u201d. Don’t worry, no one here is doing me something. I am responsible for everything.<\/p>\n
I said: Don’t worry, Moataz . Your family is doing well and they reassure you that they are fine.<\/p>\n
And then suddenly Moataz fell to the ground and fainted away.<\/p>\n
Police officers: That’s it. The visit is over, sir<\/p>\n
I said: “I just want to know if he’s okay. He just passed out!”<\/p>\n
They replied: “We are going to check his blood pressure and sugar level. Bring the doctor here”.<\/p>\n
Moataz then regained consciousness, and managed to stand up again.<\/p>\n
Moataz: I’m fine. Don’t worry. Please don’t tell my family in order not to get worried about me.<\/p>\n
The doctor arrived. He tested his blood sugar lever. It was 237<\/p>\n
Chief detective: We will check his blood pressure. You can leave now.<\/p>\n
The low-ranking police officer: That’s it. The visit is over, sir.<\/p>\n
The visit is over<\/b><\/p>\n
Amr Mohamed, a lawyer at the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI).<\/p>\n
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