“Emergency Lawyers” Call for an End to the Recycling of Charges Against Munib Abdel Aziz

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The “Emergency Lawyers” group has called for holding the authorities responsible for the arrest of activist Munib Abdel Aziz to account, stating that he has been subjected to a policy of “recycling charges,” which it described as a tool used to legitimize prolonged detention outside the framework of the law. The group also demanded an end to this approach, which it said undermines justice and infringes on citizens’ right to peaceful expression.

The group said that Munib Abdel Aziz was arrested without the presentation of a legal warrant issued by a competent authority, considering the move a clear violation of the most basic procedural safeguards guaranteed by national laws, which stipulate that deprivation of liberty must only occur on the basis of a clear and reasoned legal order.

In a post on its Facebook page, the group noted that the arrest process was marred by a series of serious legal and human rights violations, clearly revealing a systematic pattern of dealing with activists and revolutionaries outside the rule of law, and turning justice procedures into tools of restriction and repression.

It further explained that the arrest was carried out in complete absence of transparency regarding the authority responsible for the detention, as the matter remained unclear in its early stages before the case was later transferred from the police to military intelligence—highlighting a state of legal confusion and raising serious questions about the legality of the procedures followed.

The group stated that initial malicious charges were filed against the detainee following his arrest, including accusations such as “public nuisance.” It said these charges were brought without factual or legal basis, leading to their subsequent dismissal for lack of sound legal grounds, yet he was not released.

According to the group, more serious charges were later registered against the detainee without reliance on new facts or evidence, describing this as an attempt to circumvent the law and a clear means of extending arbitrary detention.

The group also explained that Munib and his family were denied their right to regular communication and to knowing the nature of the charges against him during the early stages of detention, constituting a blatant violation of detainees’ rights, undermining the right to defense, and exacerbating the family’s psychological and emotional suffering amid the absence of information and legal certainty.