Three men are facing imminent execution in Egypt. Muhammed Gayiz Sabbah, Usama ‘Abed al-Ghani al-Nakhlawi and Younis Muhammed Abu Gareer were convicted of terrorist offences after a grossly unfair trial.
The three were tried before the (Emergency) Supreme State Security Court in Ismailia in connection with a series of bomb attacks in Taba and elsewhere on the Sinai Peninsula in October 2004.
Amnesty International condemned these attacks, which left at least 34 people dead, and called on the Egyptian authorities to bring those responsible to justice in accordance with international standards and without recourse to the death penalty.
The men denied the charges, but the emergency court sentenced them to death in November 2006. Ten other people were convicted in connection with the bomb attacks and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
Muhammed Gayiz Sabbah, Usama ‘Abed al-Ghani al-Nakhlawi and Younis Muhammed Abu Gareer continue to be held on death row in separate cells in Liman Tora Prison and are allowed short family visits only once a month.
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Lawsuit against interior minister over mobile phones ban
Al-Masry Al-Youm reports that a lawyer by the name Nabil Ghebrial has filed a lawsuit against General Habib el-Adly, Mubarak’s interior minister, and the sheriffs of Zeitoun and Khosous Police Stations, trying to get the Administrative Court to revoke Adly’s decree to ban citizens from carrying their mobile phones inside police stations, following the break out of videogate.
It seems Adly forgets, however, that it is his police agents not the citizens who film the abuse. As for the citizens, they film this, Adly Basha:
El-Adly Videogate: Bulaq police torturers trial adjourned
The trial of Police Captain Islam Nabih and Corporal Reda Fathi, who tortured and sodomized driver Emad Kabeer in Bulaq el-Dakrour Police Station, was adjourned to 2 September.
Many bloggers (and police officers) attended the session on Wednesday. You can find detailed reports with videos and photos by Nawara Negm and Ahmad Abdel Fattah.
UPDATE: More trial coverage by Politika.