The State Security Prosecutor renewed on Tuesday our friend Abdel Moneim Mahmoud’s detention by another 15 days.
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Mubarak’s crackdown on the Brothers continues
From Al-Jazeera:
The Egyptian authorities have detained 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, bringing to 39 the number arrested in 24 hours.
A security official said on Monday that 11 members of the group were arrested late on Sunday in the southern province of Beni Sweif, 120km south of Cairo, on charges of holding “a secret meeting”.
Fourteen others were detained in dawn raids in the province of Sharqiyah, including Abdel Aziz Abdel Qader, who heads the group’s Sharqiyah office.
On Tuesday, Egypt will close the door for candidate nominations for the election of parliament’s upper house on June 11.
For updates on the crackdown, turn to Ikhwan Web, Ensaa, and Said’s blog.
State Security torture MB activist in Kafr el-Sheikh
From Ikhwan Web…
Farid Shaaban, a Muslim Brotherhood member from the district of Dessouk, Kafr El Sheikh, is currently undergoing torture by the state security forces in the governorate.
Shaaban was detained last March, 24, one day before the referendum on the constitutional amendments. He was leaving work alone in Damanhur when he was attacked by 8 persons who dragged him by force to the State Security Police headquarters in Damanhur, governorate of El-Behera. He was showered there with kicks with the hands and fists and obscene. On the second day, he appeared before the prosecutor who charged him of belonging to an outlawed group and distributing leaflets that call for boycotting the referendum.
On the third day, the prosecution decided to release him. However, the state security rejected the release and sent him to the State Security Police in Kafr Al-Sheikh. Officer Khaled Dabash insulted him and threatened him with arresting his wife and beating her and shocking her with electricity.