Dozens of family members of the Taba bombings suspects started a sit-in at the Tagammu Party office in Arish Friday, to protest the unfair trial and harsh death and prison sentences.
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Emergency State Security court confirms death sentence for 3 Taba bombings defendants
The Ismailia Emergency State Security court has confirmed today the death sentence handed down to three Taba bombings suspects.
UPDATE: I still don’t have the details of the verdicts, but there were no acquittals. The three defendants’ execution sentences, whose papers were referred to the Mufti last September for approval, were confirmed today. All the rest of the defendants received harsh prison sentences.
Here are photos of today’s trial, by Nasser Nouri.
UPDATE: Here’s a report from Al-Jazeera.
UPDATE: Elijah blogs about the Kangaroo court.
Sinai leftist released
Hassan Abdallah, the coordinator of Sinai’s Youth For Change, has been released few hours ago and is on his way home to Al-Arish, according to Kefaya’s website.
Hassan was detained by State Security in Arish on 7 September, then transferred to Bourg el-Arab prison in Alexandria, with no access to lawyers or family visits. His two brothers Wael and Muhammad have been taking refuge in the Tagammu’s office in Arish, after State Security officers threatened to kill them.