New York — Prosecutors have dropped the charges of assault against a protester who said it was Withdrawal from Manhattan Street by Egyptian government officialsAnd hit and leather with a metal chain, then was wrongly arrested by the New York City Police.
Yassin Samak, 22, and his 15 -year -old brother, faced assault and strangulation in the aftermath of the fight, which was revealed last month during a small protest supporting the Palestinians outside an Egyptian diplomatic building.
Those charges against Samak were rejected on Wednesday by the prosecutors at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Manhattan Province, who said the evidence did not support the police administration’s claim that he was the aggressor in the accident. The charges of his younger brother in the Family Court have been closed.
“I felt comfortable because the truth came out and neglected it had been dropped,” the Samak told Associated Press. “On the same way, I am deeply disappointed in the New York police betrayal and the time it has taken is very clear to everyone – my innocence – to be official.”
It seems that the video recordings taken by Samak and another activist in the scene support the brothers’ account that they are the victims, not the perpetrators, to attack.
The footage of the Egyptian government officials faced the spouses on the sidewalk, then transported them behind the glass doors of the building. Once you enter, officials can be seen screaming at the brothers and hitting them again and again with a metal chain.
Al -Sammak said that they also used Kefiyeh – a Palestinian head scarf – to strangle him “so much that I was strangled”, leaving him deep bruises about his neck.
The police quickly arrived to dismantle the confrontation. But as the brothers tried to explain what happened, NYPD officers said, “We ignored”, instead, responded to the request of Egyptian officials to arrest them.
New York Police said later that the fish used the chain on one of the officials, leaving him “swelling and great pain on his hands.” Samak strongly denied this claim.
The administration also refused to accept a police report from Al -Sammak lawyer, on the pretext that the charges were out of its competence. They later accepted the report, but they did not make any additional arrests.
Email an inquiry has not been returned to the permanent task of Egypt to the United Nations, where the episode took place.
Under international law, diplomatic officials receive immunity from some criminal prosecutions. A police department spokesman did not mention whether this protection was placed in a decision not to accuse Egyptian officials.
The separation of charges just a few days before the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
A wave of protests in Egyptian diplomatic buildings in Europe and other places are followed to demand the country to allow humanitarian aid by crossing the border with the city of Rafa in southern Gaza. Egyptian officials have denied the prohibition of aid and severely condemned the demonstrations.