Tag: anti-imperialism

Egyptian Police officer jailed for refusing to protect Israeli embassy

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الصورة من جريدة الوفد

Outrageous!!!

Police officer jailed for refusing to protect Israelis
CAIRO, Feb 25 (Reuters) – An Egyptian police tribunal on Sunday sentenced a police officer to six months in jail for refusing orders to go on guard duty at the Israeli embassy in Cairo, police sources said.
Muhammad Khalaf Hassan Ibrahim, a sergeant in his late 30s, had been in hospital on hunger strike in protest at his detention but he was able to attend the court session on Sunday.
The Egyptian police force is run on military lines and, as with military courts run by the armed forces, there is no appeal against the verdicts of the police tribunal.
Egypt in 1979 became the first Arab state to make peace with Israel, but many Egyptians still regard the Jewish state as an enemy because the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict has not been resolved.
In a similar case in Britain last year, the police force excused a Muslim firearms office from guard duty at the Israeli embassy. But it said it took the decision because of a possible safety risk and not because of the man’s personal views.
Ibrahim’s lawyer was not immediately available to explain his client’s refusal to protect the Israeli embassy.

Policeman referred to military court for refusing to guard Israeli embassy in Cairo

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Very interesting…

An Egyptian policeman has been referred to a military court because he refused to guard the Israeli embassy in Cairo.
Major general Adel Al Helali, a senior aid of the Interior Minister and Giza security manager, ordered policeman Muhammad Khalaf Hassan Ibrahim who is serving in the force guarding the Israeli embassy in Anas Bin Malek St. in Giza to appear before a military prosecution to investigate with him over the incident of a sit-in and hunger strike that he staged in protest at transferring him from Bab Sharq police station, Alexandria, to Giza security department, in the force entrusted with guarding the building of the Israeli embassy .
The policeman filed several complaints to the presidency, calling for returning him back to his work in Alexandria because he refuses to guard the headquarters of the Israeli embassy in Cairo due to the crimes Israel is committing in the Middle East , in addition being unable to afford the expenses of traveling and living away from his family .
The military prosecution jailed him for 15 days pending trial, and was sent to Um Al-Misriyeen hospital to receive treatment and artificial feeding after he insisted on maintaining the hunger strike till his demands are met .

UPDATE: Reuters also reported the story here.

Clashes erupt at al-Azhar mosque

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On Friday, Al-Azhar Mosque was the scene of mass police intimidation against protesters who wanted to demonstrate against the Israeli excavations in Jerusalem.

Check this interesting quote at the end of a report by Al-Jazeera:

The few journalists present at the demonstration were instructed by security forces to leave immediately and not take photos of the clashes.
The ones who did not abide by the rules, including a photographer from the the Al-Masry Al Youm daily, were threatened by security forces. Sally, 23, told Al-Jazeera.net: “The police hate the cameras because they are scared that photos depicting them beating activists will end up on the blogs that everyone reads.”