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Updates on Mubarak’s pigs مسجل خطر يتهم أميني شرطة بتعذيبه وتعليقه 3 أيام بحبل غسيل في قسم الشرابية للعمل مرشداً

3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-29 15:32 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
A 27 year old has accused two police corporals, from the Sharabiya Police Station in Cairo, of torturing him for three days to force him to work as an informer, el-Badeel reports…

21 MBs detained

3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-29 00:21 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
From AFP… Twenty-one Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested on Thursday in the Nile Delta for holding an illegal meeting at a former MP’s home, a security official said. “The 21 men were detained in Sharqiya province at the home of a former MP and group leader,” the official said, requesting anonymity. They are accused of holding an illegal [...]

Egyptian police orders Al-Hurra not to interview dissidents

3arabawy - Fri, 2008-08-29 00:16 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Ahmad Maher’s saga repeated… The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reported today that the Egyptian authorities ordered the cancellation of the videotaping of two Programs for the American Satellite channel “Al-Hurra” just few hours before their shooting without justification, and in spite of their 4 weeks agreement with the company. Some of the young Egyptian [...]

Police prevent Copts from repairing church

3arabawy - Tue, 2008-08-26 02:44 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
From AFP… Police used violence earlier this month to prevent villagers from repairing the only church in their area, a rights group said on Monday, warning of a rise in sectarian tension as a result. On Aug. 17, “a policeman assigned to guard the Archangel Michael Church in Deshasha (Beni Sueif province south of Cairo) hit three [...]

SS detain dozens of Karama activists in Kafr el-Sheikh

3arabawy - Tue, 2008-08-26 02:30 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
State Security pigs raided a flat in Balteem (located in the Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheikh, where Karama Party leader Hamdeen Sabbahi holds a parliamentary seat) arresting a group Karama Party activists were staying during a summer camp, taking them into custody following an interrogation… Kefaya’s website said more than 40 youth were detained, [...]

Prosecution orders release of 21-year-old blogger

3arabawy - Tue, 2008-08-19 04:33 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Sarah Carr reports… A public prosecution office on Sunday ordered the release of a blogger detained for almost a month in Cairo’s Tora prison. Mohamed Refaat Bayyoumy, a 21-year-old student of mass communications, turned himself in to state security investigations on July 21 after security forces raided his apartment at midnight. Bayyoumy’s hard disk and various books were [...]

An aging regime…

3arabawy - Mon, 2008-08-11 20:11 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
An old police corporal in Tanta’s courtroom…

Police brutality takes its toll on special needs victim

3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-10 21:01 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Michaela Singer reports… When Doctor Ilhamy Sultan began searching for his missing brother on the night of July 21, 2008, the last place he expected to find him was lying in a hospital bed, the victim of brutal police violence. Ragai Sultan is 46 going on 47. However, with an IQ of 50, he could be classified [...]

Trip to Tanta: The Mahalla 49 Trial

3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-10 19:32 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
I traveled to Tanta on Saturday morning to try to attend the Mahalla 49 trial.. As soon as I arrived in the city’s train station, I was shocked by the heavy security presence around Tanta’s Court which is literally few steps away from the station. At least four police trucks full of soldiers were parked [...]

Mahalla 49 trial adjourned

3arabawy - Sat, 2008-08-09 18:21 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
I’ve just returned from Tanta… The Mahalla 49 trial was adjourned till 1 September… Here’s a statement from the rights groups coalition that is defending the prisoners. I’m gonna post my report and some photos later, coz at the moment I’m very exhausted from traveling, and I’m honestly devastated after hearing the prisoners’ shrieks, in [...]

MB blogger still detained, despite court release orders

3arabawy - Tue, 2008-07-29 01:50 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Sarah Carr reports… Mamdouh El-Mounir, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who has spent over three months in detention in violation of court release orders, was issued another detention order on Saturday. El-Mounir, MB member from the Delta town of Mahalla, is currently being held in the Wady El-Natroun prison. On Monday July 21 the emergency state security [...]

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