A human rights delegation sent to Tora prison to investigate a complaint submitted by ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal is inclined to recommend against moving the former president to another hospital, sources from the National Council for Human Rights said.
There is a consensus among the delegation’s members — who are from the council — that the intensive care unit at the prison hospital is kept to international standards, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The delegation is submitting a final report to President Mohamed Morsy and the public prosecutor, the sources said.
Mubarak’s lawyer, Farid al-Deeb, had submitted a handwritten complaint to the council in which the former president’s son said his father receives inhumane treatment that does not conform with human rights standards.
Mubarak’s wife, Suzanne, his daughter-in-law Khadiga al-Gamal, and her father, businessman Mahmoud al-Gamal, visited Mubarak Monday. A security source said the visitors were inspected as per normal prison rules and that the food and drinks they brought were allowed.
On 2 June, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Mubarak and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly to 25 years in prison, the maximum possible sentence, for complicity in the killing of peaceful protesters during the 25 January revolution.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
