Escalating Humanitarian Disaster at Badr Prison 3: Detention of 30 Detainees in Punishment Cells Amid Brutal Assaults, Torture, and Systematic Denial of Medical Care
🔴 Escalating Humanitarian Disaster at Badr Prison 3: Detention of 30 Detainees in Punishment Cells Amid Brutal Assaults, Torture, and Systematic Denial of Medical Care
The Al-Shehab Human Rights Center is documenting a serious and unprecedented escalation of grave, documented violations inside Badr Prison 3 since the beginning of October 2026. Information indicates that dozens of detainees have been subjected to brutal physical assaults, strict solitary confinement, and a complete, systematic deprivation of medical care and basic living needs.
📌 Sequence of Violations and Brutal Assaults:
Raids on detainees’ rooms: The fierce crackdown began on 1 October 2026, when security forces raided the rooms of a number of detainees under the supervision and participation of National Security officer Walid Dahshan (known as Ahmed Fekry). As a result, 11 detainees were forcibly taken to individual punishment cells.
Beating, dragging, and severe injuries: Testimonies received confirm that detainees were subjected to extremely cruel forms of beating and dragging, being restrained from behind, and being brutally pulled along the stairs. This led to serious and varied injuries, including fractures, bruises, and bleeding.
Stripping and Extremely Harsh Conditions: The victims were placed in punishment cells under harsh climatic and living conditions. Some were stripped of their clothes and left with only underwear, without blankets, medicines, or even the most basic necessities of human life.
⚠️ Worsening Crisis for Detainees in Punishment Cells:
Expansion of collective punishment: Field reports indicate that the number of detainees placed in punishment cells has risen to around 30. The isolation of some has exceeded more than 43 consecutive days.
Targeting the elderly and the sick: The isolated group includes a number of elderly people and those with serious chronic illnesses (such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension).
Total denial of treatment and living conditions: The prison administration persistently refuses to transfer patients to the clinic or hospital to receive treatment. It also prevents the entry of medicines, clothing, and blankets, and deliberately reduces the quantities of food provided to them. In addition, it completely prevents visits.
⚖️ Urgent Demands and Calls by the Al-Shehab Human Rights Center:
In light of this catastrophic situation that threatens the lives of dozens of detainees, the Al-Shehab Center issues an urgent call to demand:
Immediate cessation of punitive isolation: The urgent ending of the detention of all detainees in punishment cells and their return to their normal places of detention.
Emergency medical intervention: Providing urgent and immediate medical care for all detainees, especially patients and the elderly, and allowing the entry of medicines and treatment needs without restrictions.
Independent judicial investigation: Opening an urgent, independent investigation into the crimes of systematic assault, beating, and dragging, and holding those responsible accountable—foremost among them the officers implicated.
Ensuring safety and protection: Stopping all practices of abuse, cruel and degrading treatment, and ensuring the physical and psychological safety of all detainees in Badr Prison 3.
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