Depressing news. Read Issandr’s posting. Also, Amnesty denounced the trial in a statement.
Earlier, Ibrahim el-Hodeiby sent me an email:
Police officers and thugs harassed Muslim Brotherhood detainees’ families attempting to attend the final session of the military tribunal in the Haikstep military base today Tuesday.
Families went to Haikstep in the early morning to overcome expected police restrictions, but they went there to find thousands of police officers and soldiers, and hundreds of thugs. Police officers threatened that they will arrest family members if they do not leave, and threats were followed by brutal violence as several family members, including women and children were heavily beaten.
Of those beaten was Khadiga Malek, daughter of detainee Hassan Malek, while her uncle and two brothers Hamza and Ahmad were arrested.
Several journalists and reporters were also arrested and beaten up
My solidarity goes to the MB detainees. Down with Mubarak!