Activists involved in the solidarity with the Sarando peasants (victims of police torture and assaults from NDP-affiliated feudalists) have arranged for buses to be ready, in front of the Lawyers’ Syndicate in Ramses St. at 6 am, to transport any citizen or journalist interested in attending the trial in Damanhour on 22 January.
Your presence is IMPORTANT!
Egyptian blogger Kareem, who’s been in police custody for two months pending investigation, will show up in Moharram Beik Court Thursday 18 January, to face charges that include: posting articles on the internet deemed “insulting” to the president and the Islamic faith.
For those religious conservatives cheering Kareem’s arrest, and his expulsion from Al-Azhar University for his “anti-Islamic views”… The regime that detained and put Kareem on trial, is the same regime that kidnapped 180 Muslim Brotherhood students from Al-Azhar dorms and has Khairat el-Shatter slowly dying in prison… is the same regime that denies Copts equal treatment as citizens of this country… is the same regime that sodomizes leftists and ordinary citizens… is the same regime that intimidates workers on strikes… is the same regime that tortured and killed the peasants of Sarando.
Wake up! It’s not about liking Kareem’s ideas or not. You cheer Kareem’s persecution today, your turn is coming tomorrow!
The Bush administration will always side with tyranny.