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Resources on Egypt’s State Security Police

Police threatens Abu Omar

Posted on By 3arabawy

Abu Omar was summoned Tuesday 9:30pm by State Security officers in el-Fara’ana District, Alexandria, where he was warned of “grave consequences” if he continues giving media interviews and, more importantly, if he insists on entering politics as he announced in recent interviews.

“I told the State Security officer before I left his office that I will not accept these threats, and I will enter politics,” said Abu Omar. “I’m planning to run in the next parliamentary elections, and I’m sure I’ll be able to have support among my constituency to get elected. I will also speak to the media… The abuses of the security (services) have to be exposed.”

Abu Omar at the Lawyers' Syndicate أبو عمر بنقابة المحامين

UPDATE: Abu Omar sent me a message with the details of what happened on Tuesday. Click here to download it.

State Security detain 33 MB students

Posted on By 3arabawy

From Ikhwan Web:

State security forces arrested 33 students from the Egyptian summer resort of Hanoville, Agamy, west of Alexandria , on Saturday at dawn, after raiding three flats which the students rented to spend three days holiday. The students belong to the Muslim Brotherhood group, 26 of them are engineering students at Ain Shams university, Cairo , and seven students are from the Alexandria University . One of the students contacted his friends and told them of the security raid and detentions.