مركز النديم لتأهيل ضحايا العنف والتعذيب

In the afternoon of Thursday the 2nd of July, Mahmoud Ramadan Rizk was with his son Ramadan (10 years old) and his daughter Asma’a (14 years old) next to the school of Agriculture in Shobra, when a blue police car passed by, that had four men inside, including one police officer who started verbally harrassing the young girl. The father objected to this, which resulted in the police officer getting out of the care and there was a tense arguement between the two. it ended with the police officer warning the father that he will make him hate himself.

The father did not want this incident to ruin their day and the family continued their outing. On their way home the father noticed the officer with a number of men and worried for his daughter, he asked his brother Antar Ramadan Rizk to take her home. The father’s fears were confirmed, as he was soon surrounded by police officers. They arrested him and his young son.