Alex Callinicos <alex.callinicos@...> schrieb:

Von: "Alex Callinicos" <alex.callinicos@...>
An: "ESF" <fse-esf@...>
Datum: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:35:25 +0100
Betreff: [fse-esf] Statement on Egyptian Arrests

Please find below a statement protesting against the mass arrest of democracy activists in Egypt - please sign and get others (especially 'notables' of any kind) to sign. Send lists of signatures to hosams@... and office@....

 

Thanks for everything you can do!

 

              Alex Callinicos

 

Statement
 
We view with alarm recent events in Egypt, where, following protests for the independence of the judiciary, pro-reform judges and their supporters have been beaten by riot police and arrested. Between 24 and 27 April campaigners taking part in protests at the Judges' Club and the Ministry of Justice in Cairo were attacked by the police and around fifty have been arrested.

According to the New York Times, up to 10,000 riot police were deployed in central Cairo on 27 April, beating judges and their supporters who had come  to express solidarity with judges Hisham Bastawisi and Mahmoud Mekki at  their disciplinary hearing at the Ministry of Justice. The two judges  exposed fraud in the recent parliamentary elections. Journalists covering the protests have been attacked and threatened by police, and in a separate incident, the chief of the Al Jazeera TV bureau has also been arrested.

We wish to express our distress at the brutal treatment of peaceful  demonstrators calling for legal reform. Among those beaten by the police was Judge Mahmoud Mohamed Abdel Latif Hamza, Chief Judge of the North Cairo  Court. We oppose this attempt to silence voices in the judiciary and the media who have exposed electoral fraud, state violence and corruption.

We condemn the actions of the Egyptian police in attacking the protests. We also condemn the further detention of the protestors under a 15 day extension and the charges brought against them of disturbing public peace and order. We call upon the Egyptian authorities to show respect for human rights and the independence of Egyptian judiciary by releasing the detainees without delay.

Signed:

 

As of Thursday 27 April those known to be detained include:

 

Karim al Shair,
Ahmed Maher,

Mohamed al Sharkawi,

Emad Farid

Hamada Faysal

Mohamed Roshdi
Ahmed Yasser al Droubi

Ahmed Salah

Kamal Khalil

Ibrahim El Sahari

Islam Hanafi

Akram El Irani

Bahaa Saber

Hussein Mohamed Ali

Khaled Ali

Saher Gad

Seif Abdallah

Tarek Hassan

Karim Mohamed

Malek Mostafa

Mohamed al Agami

Mohamed Daridir

Mohamed Adel

Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Mohamed Fawzi Imam

Yasser Badran

Gamal Abdel Fattah

Sameh Mohamed Said

Sami Diab
Mohamed Abdel

Hamdy Kandil

Ashraf Ibrahim

Wael Khalil

Ali Al Fil
Mohamed al Sherif

Mohamed Abdel Moneim

Aziz Ragih

Ahmed Shuaib

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