Good news from Egypt:
The interior minister, the one who in the first place ordered the detention of the Mahalla labor organizers under the martial law, has just ordered their release!
The Mahalla 3 in addition to a detained dentist (Ibarahim el-Yamani) have been transferred from the Bourg el-Arab Prison, to el-Gharbeia Province Security Directorate, and according to a Socialist activist they are currently in Tanta’s State Security Police HQ, pending their release.
TERRIBLE NEWS:
Mahalla labor leader Kamal el-Fayoumi, who’s been on a hunger strike since last Sunday, is vomiting blood in his Bourg el-Arab prison cell.
Kamal has stomach ulcers, and his health is deteriorating amid refusal from the Prison authorities to transfer him to the hospital. Kamal was taken only to the Prison clinic around three hours ago, according to Socialist lawyer Ahmad Ezzat, and then returned to his cell.
Ezzat says Kamal MUST be transferred to hospital asap, but the prison authorities refuse to do anything.
