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Via @IndexCensorship
'Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom - have documented 1400 disappeared persons, reality figures are much bigger' ECFR - Ahmad Abdullah & Mohamed Sameh
Via @IndexCensorship
'Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom - have documented 1400 disappeared persons, reality figures are much bigger' ECFR - Ahmad Abdullah & Mohamed Sameh
Many reappear at trial, 10's of thousands in jail, most can't travel, many in jail and face deatg penalty for their jobs e.g. photographers, groups sentenced to death 15 at a time in one incident
Ahmad Shawkan the photographer has been in prison for 4 years - needs international pressure @ECRF_ORG
The offices of @ECRF_ORG were raided several times. In 2016 Regime raided them looking for info on any who speak out Ahmad was woken by forces at 3am at the point of machine guns without warrant and was detained for 4 1/2 months alongside MB & ISIS in prison.
Ahmad was released because of international pressure - the Italians. He wasa srrested on false premises but even the pretext - taking part in demonstrations against selling parts of Egypt to KSA.
Why do you keep doing it? "We believe we deserve the freedom that everyone has... we [Egyptian] are not less than others... our hope that someday we will enjoy the fundamental hunan rights." Ahmad Abdullah @ECRF_ORG
"Egyptians are all humans... there is a better way of living... we can respect each other...[some] people believe human rights activists we believe we can change that... there is serious hope we can change things... without fear and force... " Mohamed Sameh via @ECRF_ORG
Jennifer Robinson of Doughty Street Chambers explains the case of Esraa Abdul Fattah independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
Peter Greste video message on his experience in Egyptian incarceration
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3rd highest global rate of imprisoning journalists using terror legislation among many others
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3rd highest global rate of imprisoning journalists using terror legislation among many others
Tactics used by the regime: preventing our website from being viewedt; cyber attacks; tapping phone calls; photographs of evening meetings & airing them on TV to intimidate them; illegally takong data from phones - messages, FB (contacts endangered) - Ahmad Abdullah @ECRF_ORG
Tactics used by the regime: Exposure of fake private lives or just fabricating stories of people and relationships and even airing them on TV; when taken to court no censure on State personalities - Ahmad Abdullah @ECRF_ORG
From @IndexCensorship - @jodieginsberg the tactic of using terror laws to arrest journalists is common such as in Turkey
Not just journalists & media but activists for peaceful criticism or the charge that authorotarians seem to love, insulting the President ; we are increasingly seeing pressure on artists e.g. 6 actors put under military trial. We need the support of int. Comm. @jodieginsberg
The more coverage the better - letting people know they aren't forgotten; the State outside of Cairo etc is very fragile, uses violent means - mindset needs to change; businesses in Egypt even are looked at with suspicion "not nationalist/patriotic enough" Mohamed Sameh @ECRF_ORG
Jeremy Dear from @IFJGlobal - Sisi like others abuse laws to demand loyalty to state i.e. loyalty to President. 500 Human Rights orgs shut down; 25 journalists killed by State; 20 plus in prison long term; press shut down others taken over; international press also attacked
What can the UK gov do? Bilaterally raising issues on cases & Multilateral fora; Home Office making it difficult for activists and lawyers, should not act on the request of genocidal regimes such as Assad such as seizing Zain's passport - Jennifer Robinson google.co.uk/amp/s/www.inde…
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