Comments on: Egypt: Torture for Bloggers and Activists http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 29 May 2012 10:23:18 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Social Movements 2.0 – Brecher, Costello and Smith « Reinventing Labour http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-1664998 Social Movements 2.0 – Brecher, Costello and Smith « Reinventing Labour Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:47:54 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/#comment-1664998 [...] ventures, and the transparent nature of the web means that elites and bosses are always watching. Several Egyptian bloggers were jailed last year after participating in calls for a general strike. Facebook recently closed the account [...] [...] ventures, and the transparent nature of the web means that elites and bosses are always watching. Several Egyptian bloggers were jailed last year after participating in calls for a general strike. Facebook recently closed the account [...]

]]> By: seriouslypolitics » Blog Archive » Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-1484086 seriouslypolitics » Blog Archive » Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:58:49 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/#comment-1484086 [...] al Hussaini at Global Voices wrote on May 16: Egyptian bloggers, cyberactivists and activists on the ground continue to pay the price for [...] [...] al Hussaini at Global Voices wrote on May 16: Egyptian bloggers, cyberactivists and activists on the ground continue to pay the price for [...]

]]> By: Ronald Hugar http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-1480213 Ronald Hugar Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:25:19 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/#comment-1480213 What has been the fate of these brave men? What has been the fate of these brave men?

]]> By: Regimes clamp down on bloggers | Democracy Digest http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-1473996 Regimes clamp down on bloggers | Democracy Digest Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:14:01 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/#comment-1473996 [...] the most common reasons for arrests involves organizing protests - the reason cited for five of Egypt’s nine arrests in 2007, as well as detentions in Burma, China and [...] [...] the most common reasons for arrests involves organizing protests – the reason cited for five of Egypt’s nine arrests in 2007, as well as detentions in Burma, China and [...]

]]> By: Mostafa Hussein http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-1455644 Mostafa Hussein Sat, 17 May 2008 21:54:57 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/#comment-1455644 A letter Kareem Al Beheiri, Kamal El-Fayyoumy and Tareq Amin sent to the Judges' Club. Translated by <a href="http://allthegoodnameshadgone.blogspot.com/2008/05/letter-from-kamal-el-fayyoumy-tareq.html" rel="nofollow">Amnesiac</a>. <blockquote> Letter to the Judges' Club We, three political detainees, address the letter below to the Judges' Club and its head Zakareya Abdel Aziz from the Borg el-Arab Prison in Alexandria... Dear Sir, A week has passed on our hunger strike and we are extremely weak. We are appealing to you as the last and only resort for all who have suffered injustice in Egypt. We would like in the beginning to correct certain information which has reached the press about our (the three of us) having been transferred to the prison hospital as a result of our hunger strike. The truth is that we are still in prison after the administration refused to call an ambulance to take us to hospital, and as a result of the inability of Karim el-Beheiry and Tareq Amin to stand on their feet - as a result of their extreme weakness. Instead, a "nurse" was summoned to examine Karim, whose condition has seriously deteriorated. We would like to know the reason why we remain in detention. We will continue the hunger strike until we either die or receive this information. We were tortured in the state security headquarters in Mahalla on the 6th, 7th and 8th April. Officers tortured Karim using electricity while Tareq Amin and Kamal el-Fayyoumy were insulted verbally and physically assaulted. We then spent eleven days in Borg el-Arab prison in a cell with individuals with criminal convictions. When the Tanta court ordered that we be released we were held for four days in the El-Salam police station [noqtat shorta] situated between Mahalla and Tanta before we were taken to Borg el-Arab prison were we began our hunger strike. From our detention cell, we call on you and all political currents to take action and apply pressure in order to secure the release of all those detained in connection with the events of Mahalla. Signed Kamal El-Fayyoumy, Tareq Amin, Karim El-Beheiry Detained workers from Mahalla Borg el-Arab Prison Wing 22, Cell 5 </blockquote> A letter Kareem Al Beheiri, Kamal El-Fayyoumy and Tareq Amin sent to the Judges’ Club. Translated by Amnesiac.

Letter to the Judges’ Club

We, three political detainees, address the letter below to the Judges’ Club and its head Zakareya Abdel Aziz from the Borg el-Arab Prison in Alexandria…

Dear Sir,

A week has passed on our hunger strike and we are extremely weak. We are appealing to you as the last and only resort for all who have suffered injustice in Egypt.

We would like in the beginning to correct certain information which has reached the press about our (the three of us) having been transferred to the prison hospital as a result of our hunger strike.

The truth is that we are still in prison after the administration refused to call an ambulance to take us to hospital, and as a result of the inability of Karim el-Beheiry and Tareq Amin to stand on their feet – as a result of their extreme weakness. Instead, a “nurse” was summoned to examine Karim, whose condition has seriously deteriorated.

We would like to know the reason why we remain in detention. We will continue the hunger strike until we either die or receive this information.

We were tortured in the state security headquarters in Mahalla on the 6th, 7th and 8th April. Officers tortured Karim using electricity while Tareq Amin and Kamal el-Fayyoumy were insulted verbally and physically assaulted. We then spent eleven days in Borg el-Arab prison in a cell with individuals with criminal convictions. When the Tanta court ordered that we be released we were held for four days in the El-Salam police station [noqtat shorta] situated between Mahalla and Tanta before we were taken to Borg el-Arab prison were we began our hunger strike.

From our detention cell, we call on you and all political currents to take action and apply pressure in order to secure the release of all those detained in connection with the events of Mahalla.
Signed
Kamal El-Fayyoumy, Tareq Amin, Karim El-Beheiry
Detained workers from Mahalla
Borg el-Arab Prison
Wing 22, Cell 5

]]> By: links for 2008-05-16 « andrew golis http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-1455140 links for 2008-05-16 « andrew golis Fri, 16 May 2008 23:40:08 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/16/egypt-torture-for-bloggers-and-activists/#comment-1455140 [...] Global Voices Online » Egypt: Torture for Bloggers and Activists Jesus. Scary stuff. (tags: global.voices egypt new.politics protest food) [...] [...] Global Voices Online » Egypt: Torture for Bloggers and Activists Jesus. Scary stuff. (tags: global.voices egypt new.politics protest food) [...]

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