Posted on April 11, 2011, 12:38 pm, by Faisal.
Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil was sentenced to three years in jail by a military court for publishing a blog post criticizing military actions/torture/detention. Apparently, as reported by the ANHRI (arabic statement), Maikel’s lawyers were tricked by the military court into thinking the session was adjourned and thus they left. The blogger was then sentenced by [...]
Posted on February 5, 2011, 5:14 pm, by Faisal.
Tentative list of those killed in the fight against the brutal, repressive Egyptian regime and its President since #jan25.
Posted on March 15, 2010, 8:52 pm, by Faisal.
In full, utter and complete breach of international law (in the form of ICJ rulings, multiple Security Council resolutions and agreements the zionist entity itself made), the Israeli government has approved the building of another major settlement on undisputed Palestinian land. According to the article linked to above, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States [...]
Posted on October 19, 2006, 9:57 pm, by Faisal.
So I discovered lately that I was gravely mistaken in accusing, or even thinking that, the Government of Egypt follows traditional centralization techniques when it comes to power, as per the unwritten laws of authoritarian governments. Why? Hossam El-Hamalawy discusses the issue of Egyptian Security Forces apprehending, incarcerating and torturing leftist activists of El-Arish (Capital [...]
Posted on May 26, 2006, 12:09 am, by Faisal.
Ahmed El-Sharqawi and Karim El Sha’er, two recently released activists with Youth for Change, have been abducted and detained from Abdel Khaleq Tharwat Street in downtown Cairo by plain clothes security agents. The two were taken to Qasr El-Nil Police Station after their arrest. Inside the station, security agents took turns torturing the two young [...]