civil rights
Not Enough Bread? Let’s Get more Weapons…
Egyptian Ministry of Interior asks for more funding for advanced security equipment to put down anticipated strikes or riots… Tarboush tip: Arabist
After Egypt, Jordan…
…bans any event commemorating the Nakba. For the sake of “public security”, I presume? Tarboush tip: Angry Arab
Egypt asks mobile firms to bar anonymous users
Not so much asks as orders…The reuters article said it affects several hundred thousand users but when I went to Vodafone to register my line so that I could send text messages, the employee told me there were more than 4 million lines (and that could be Vodafone alone, though I didn’t ask for specification). [...]
Egyptian State Goons Want People to Forget the Nakba
They indirectly intervened to cancel the events of Nakba week, and interestingly enough the event at Townhouse gallery (which I live very close to) was ignored by them because it doesn’t have much of a popular Egyptian crowd that frequents it. This is the same Egyptian state that likes to delude itself that it achieved [...]
Dr. Al-Arian Transfered to Custody of Immigration Authorities on Friday
Dr. Al-Arian’s hunger strike continues; he has lost 34 pounds. Please contact the Attorney General: Attorney General Michael MukaseyDepartment of JusticeU.S. Department of Justice950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20530-0001Fax Number: (202) 307-6777AskDOJ@usdoj.gov To the Attorney General: I am writing to request that you restore some degree of integrity to the justice system of our country [...]
At Last
…my two friends have walked out of Qasr El-Nil police station. One of them said that she and all the other women were treated well and not harmed physically and that her father was allowed to bring her food. But all the men arrested were beaten up badly. In other news, both of them really [...]
Another Minor Killed in Mahalla
Confrontation between student and security officer at Helwan University (Photo by Mohamed Hossam Eddin, Al-Masry Al-Youm) According to another strike blog, at about 10pm, state security forces shot 15 year-old Mohammad Ahmad al-Sayyed in the head as he was watching clashes between them and brick throwing youth. He was martyred instantly. The police are also [...]
Spontaneous Demos, Power Slashes
The anonymous blog for the strike says there is a spontaneous demonstration going on in front of `Abideen courthouse downtown. Also, the electricity in the Delta town of al-Mahalla has been cut. Al-Mahalla has been the scene of intense worker organizing in textile mills in recent months, and where 2 people, plus a small child [...]
This Could Happen to Anyone- Get It? His Rights Are Our Rights.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdpxxBR2jk] CONTACT: http://judiciary.house.gov/Contact.aspx It has been requested recently that letters urging Dr. Al-Arian’s release be sent to Judge Gerald Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and to congressional leaders. Supporters are also being asked to write letters directly to Dr. Al-Arian. Please write: Attorney [...]
In Commemoration of Land Day
Sunday is Yom al Ard, or Land Day, in Palestine and Israel. The activities held on the 30th of March each year mark the anniversary of protests in 1976 against the theft of Palestinian-owned land inside of Israel by the state. Six people were killed in the Galilee, and hundreds injured. To my knowledge, not [...]
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