by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Feb 5 – Two Egyptian brothers who while protesting at their country's Mission to the UN were roughed up on August 20, 2025 filed a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act lawsuit against the Arab Republic of Egypt on February 5 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Inner City Press found it.
The complaint says while they protested outside, they were dragged into the Mission and "likely believing they were beyond the reach of the law, the agents whipped Yasin repeatedly with the chain... Agents forcibly held A.E. during this time.
Inner City Press, which covered the UN as a resident correspondent and then was similarly roughed up by UN Security and ousted, banned every since, well knows the Egyptian Mission at 304 East 44th Street. It is in a former art school, and hosts diplomatic parties. The UN says little about the abuses of the Egyptian government. Perhaps all this will begin to change.
The case is El Sammak, et al., v. Arab Republic of Egypt, 1:26-cv-1023 (Unassigned)
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