Militarists told me that my case differs from the case of Alaa Abd El Fattah, because Alaa isn’t tried as being a political activist… I look in their eyes and ask them, …“Is it a confession that I am being …
Posted in Bad news, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, News and Politics | Tagged Maikel Nabil | 5 CommentsIt was a new kind of celebration of Eid in 2011, for it was made with blood. Quite unlikely for the nature of the celebration, usually Eid is celebrated with happiness and rejoice that the fasting month of Ramadan is …
Posted in Bad news, Bahrain, Christians, Current Events, Islamophobia, Syria | Tagged Bahrain, eid, Syria | Leave a comment“The oppressed is more unjust to himself than his oppressor when he allows oppression to be committed against him.” (Martin Luther King) Dear Director of El-Marg Public Prison, Due to the severe injustice committed against me by the Military Justice …
Posted in Announcements, Bad news, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Middle East, News and Politics, Politics | Tagged corruption, Egypt, Human Rights, Maikel Nabil, Middle East, Politics, revolution, Sami Anan, SCAF | 2 CommentsMaikel Nabil has begun today a hunger strike in his cell in Marg Prison, north-east Cairo. Maikel Nabil Sanad, an Egyptian blogger, and both MEYEnglish and MEYArabic member, was arrested on the night of Monday 28th March 2011 from his …
Posted in Activism, Bad news, Civil Rights, Current Events, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Minorities | Tagged Free Maikel Nabil Campaign, Maikel Nabil, Maikel Nabil trial | 1 CommentFor a while now and Somalia has been suffering from a critical drought that has caused thousands of Somali to flee to the neighboring countries; Kenya and Ethiopia most of all. Desperately looking for food and water. With so much …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Bad news, Current Events, Ethics, Regional Issues | Tagged Somalia | Leave a commentIt seems, at times, that there are no limits to extremism. I guess that’s why they call it “extremism.” The recent murder of Vittorio Arrigoni, age 36, comes to mind, although there are numerous examples to be found in all …
Posted in Awareness, Bad news, Current Events, Ethics, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues | Leave a commentNew update: Maikel Nabil Sanad was sentenced to 3 years in jail on Sunday April 10th 2011. Update: The trial was adjourned again to Sunday 10th April 2011. Update: The third court hearing, on Monday 4th April, was adjourned again …
Posted in Activism, Bad news, Egypt, Freedom of Speech | 1 CommentWe are against what the army are doing to steal our revolution Last Friday, the 4th of February, at night, I was arrested at one of the headquarters of the Egyptian intelligence. They were covering my eyes and there was …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Bad news, Civil Rights, Current Events, Demonstrations, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, General, Human Rights, Politics, Regional Issues, Religion | 3 CommentsSince human rights activist and journalist Ms. Tawakkol Karman was kidnapped by security forces in Sana’a yesterday evening, the Yemeni capital has witnessed the beating and detention of dozens of demonstrators who were calling for Tawakkol’s release. Reporters Without Borders …
Posted in Bad news, Civil Rights, Current Events, Human Rights, News and Politics, Yemen | Tagged Tawakkol Karman, Yemen | 1 CommentReports from Iran indicate that Habibollah Latifi, a Kurdish student activist, is set to be executed tomorrow (December 26) in Sanandaj prison. Latifi’s family and lawyer Saleh Nikbakht have requested a stay in the execution from the Sanandaj Prosecutor and …
Posted in Bad news, Human Rights, Iran, Kurdistan, Kurds | 3 Comments