Year: 2007
Update re Egypt’s War on Blogs
Rights lawyer Gamal Eid was notified last night his interrogation (originally scheduled today Tuesday 1oam) by the Abbassiya Prosecutor, on charges of libel and blackmail, part of the fabricated accusations Judge Abdel Fattah Murad filed against Gamal and others, was postponed indefinitely.
Blogger Amr Gharbeia, however, was notified he is to be interrogated on Saturday.
Amnesty denounces military tribunals
I received the following statement from Amnesty International:
The Egyptian government yesterday refused to allow human rights groups to observe the military trial of 33 leading members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, undercutting the government’s claims that civilians will have a fair trial before military courts, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.