CAIRO – 19 May 2022: Egypt’s Public Prosecution ordered; Wednesday arresting number of young men accused of harassing a special-needs-boy [differently-abled] in Toukh city, Qalyubia Governorate.
It was added that the arresting order came after spotting a circulated video for the incident on the social media along with receiving a complaint from the Ministry of Solidarity about the incident.
Earlier in April General Supervisor of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Iman Karim, said that Egypt is keen on developing women skills, and providing opportunities to them to assume leadership positions.
She said, in statements, that the council is working to raise awareness of the rights of persons with disabilities and the role of the council in providing all services to them.
She pointed out that one of the important files that the council will work on is the preparation of a database on people with disabilities in cooperation with the Mobilization and Statistics Authority and the National Council for Women, explaining: "We will make sure to include people with disabilities in all walks of life.
Dr. Eman Karim confirmed that the Egyptian family development project is a very important project, that ensures that the Egyptian family is the mainstay of society.
The project includes a mother with a disability, a wife with a disability, a son and a daughter with a disability, and this project will greatly benefit people with disabilities who are an integral part of society.
The Egyption law guarantees rights of people with disabilities, by setting out penalties for endangering the, or discriminating against them.
Law No. 10 of 2018 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities determines that endangering a person or child with a disability or threatening respect for their dignity are acts that will be punished by imprisonment.
In this regard, the law imposed a penalty of imprisonment for a period of no less than 6 months and a fine of no less than 5,000 pounds and not more than 50,000 pounds for anyone who puts people with special needs at risk.
According to the text of Article 46, a person or a child with a disability is considered to be at risk, “in any situation that threatens respect for his personal dignity and autonomy and discrimination against him because of his disability” in the following cases:
1- If his security, morals, health or life are endangered.
2- Imprisoning a person with a disability or isolating him from society without a legal basis or refraining from providing him with medical, rehabilitative, community or legal care.
3- Assault by beating children with disabilities in institutions of deposition and rehabilitation, nurseries and educational institutions, or sexual assault, abuse, threat or exploitation of them.
4- Using therapeutic methods or medical experiments that harm a person or a child with disabilities without a legal basis.
5- Presence of children or persons with disabilities in classes on the upper floors of public or private schools without providing the means of availability and preparation for their special circumstances.
6- Not providing the necessary treatment for children with disabilities, and not providing the necessary food items for children with intellectual disabilities, especially in cases of metabolism (diet).
7- Failure to provide spatial, security, and guidance preparations for persons with disabilities in their workplaces, exposing them to violence, humiliation, insult or hatred, and inciting any of that.
8- Placing persons with disabilities in special institutions to get rid of them because they are persons with disabilities in cases other than those that require such deposit.
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