Tag: detainees

Faces of a Crackdown

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HRW video interviews with former MB detainees:

Human Rights Watch today released video interviews with eight Muslim Brotherhood members recounting earlier detentions. In the interviews, they describe torture and abuse suffered at the hands of security forces and their sentencing by military courts.
Human Rights Watch also listed the names of 223 members of the Muslim Brotherhood currently imprisoned for attempting to exercise their rights to freedom of association and expression. Human Rights Watch has collected names of more than 1,000 members of the group detained between March 2006 and March 2007.

Demonstrations against Mubarak’s military tribunals in London and Cairo

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The International Campaign For the Defense of the Political Detainees and Against Military Tribunals will be organizing a protest in front of the Egyptian Embassy in London, Friday 2pm to 5pm.

And Saturday in Cairo, the Campaign invites you to a protest and a solidarity public conference at the Lawyers’ Syndicate (Ramses St., nearest Underground Metro Station: Nasser), Saturday 2 June, at 7pm.
The events are jointly organized by Islamist and secular activists, who stand united in supporting the Muslim Brothers detainees undergoing trial in kangaroo military courts.

Prosecutor orders Moneim’s release

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MABROOOOOOOOUK!

More details soon!

UPDATE: It’s confirmed. The Public Prosecutor has ordered Moneim’s release today!

It’s a great day for all those who care about freedom in Egypt. I personally wanna thank every single person who was involved in the solidarity campaign. If it wasn’t for the support Moneim received from his activists inside and outside the country, our blogo-brother would have stayed in Mubarak’s Gulag for months, if not years… and he could have been tortured again.

Let’s not forget their are other political detainees still left behind in prison. They include students, doctors, engineers, teachers–repectable citizens of this country, who dared to raise their voices against the corrupt regime that rules us.

I know also we all want to celebrate, but let’s postpone this till Moneim is actually free. Remember, you don’t just get released from prison right away. They refer detainees to State Security HQ first, then they take them to their local police stations. Last year, our friends Alaa, Malek, and other Kefaya detainees were beaten up in the police stations prior to their release.

We’ll always stand united against Mubarak’s dictatorship.