Mubarak’s police crackdown on the Muslim Brothers continues. Twenty two Alexandrian MB activists have been rounded up on Sunday morning in the North Western Coast, and are currently held in State Security branch in Marsa Matrouh, with no access to lawyers.
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More updates from Mahalla
I still don’t know the outcome of yesterday’s meeting, but Ghazl el-Mahlla activist and blogger Kareem el-Beheiri has just posted more details in Arabic on his blog about the State Security intimidation, and the continuous witch-hunt on part of the management against labor activists in the factory.
And it seems there are already threats of industrial action from 800 out of 3,000 workers, who work at the company’s garage and auto-workshops.
State Security bans MB leader from traveling
Mubarak’s State Security police banned Muslim Brotherhood senior member Dr. Essam el-Erian from traveling to Qatar, where he was due to attend a forum held by Sheikh Youssef el-Qaradawi.
SS told Essam they were implementing an interior minister’s decree, issued 15 May 2007, banning the popular MB leader from leaving the country.