Tag: bloggers

Court re-opens investigation into Hadayek el-Qobba State Security torture case

Posted on By 3arabawy

The Zeitoun Family Court has ordered the re-opening of investigation into the death of citizen Muhammad Abdel Qader, of Hadayek el-Qobba, who was tortured to death by State Security Captain Ashraf Mustafa Hussein in September 2003.

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The family had dropped the case, under pressures from State Security who detained Muhammad’s brother Sameh without charges to blackmail the victim’s family. But, after relentless campaiging by the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid, supported by the Kefaya bloggers, the family showed up in court yesterday and admitted they had dropped the case under intimidation.

Renewed crackdown on bloggers

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Judge Abdel Fattah Murad, who is crusading for the closure of 21 blogs and websites, has filed a new lawsuit against Bloggers Alaa Seif, his wife Manal Hassan, and lawyer Gamal Eid, the director of HR-Info. The judge is accusing the three of libel during the last court session, where actually the judge assaulted blogger Rami Siyam who video-recorded him with a mobile phone.

The Giza Prosecutor interrogated the three today, then ordered their transfer to the Dokki Police Station, from where they should be released, pending investigation.