USCIRF Condemns Egypt’s Arrest of Coptic Activist Ramy Kamel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2019
USCIRF Condemns Egypt’s Arrest of Coptic Activist Ramy Kamel
WASHINGTON, DC (December 13, 2019) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns Egypt’s recent arrest of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel. Mr. Kamel is an activist and prominent member of the Maspero Youth Union, advocating for full civil rights for Egypt’s Coptic Christian community and documenting abuses against its members. On November 23, National Security Agency officers stormed his home; confiscated his mobile phone, laptop, and other belongings related to his advocacy work; and took him into custody. One day later, the Supreme State Security Prosecution announced a series of spurious charges against Mr. Kamel, including membership in a terrorist organization, spreading false information, and disturbing the public order.
GENEVA (11 December 2019) - UN human rights experts* have called on Egypt to end the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Ramy Kamel Saied Salid, who works to defend the human rights of the country’s Coptic Christian minority.
Mr. Ramy Kamel, who had documented attacks on Coptic churches, was arrested, questioned and allegedly tortured on 4 November and 23 November 2019. He is currently in pre-trial detention in the Tora Prison in Cairo on reported charges of membership of a terrorist organisation and use of social media to spread “false news threatening public order”, although neither he nor his lawyers has seen documentation relating to the charges.
كمال زاخر عن الاتهامات الموجهة لرامي كامل: شيء من المنطق
ويؤكد: الإفراج عنه يتجاوز الشخص إلى المصالحة الجيلية لحساب وطن يستحق
كتبت: ماريا ألفي خاص لــ صوت المسيحي الحر
علَّق كمال زاخر، الكاتب والباحث، على طبيعة الاتهامات الموجهة للناشط القبطي رامل كامل قائلاً :"شيء من المنطق، مؤكدًا أن الإفراج عنه يتجاوز الشخص إلى المصالحة الجيلية لحساب وطن يستحق.
حيث قال زاخر، عبر حسابه الشخصي على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي "فيسبوك"، صباح اليوم، :" شئ من المنطق. لم يكن الصديق رامى كامل يعمل تحت الأرض أو يسعي لتكوين كيان سري، فكل آراءه معلنة وكل تحركاته كذلك، وتحت غطاء دستوري وقانوني، تترجم قناعات أولية لدولة المواطنة، يكررها ويدعمها ويدعو اليها الرئيس السيسى بلا انقطاع. فهل كانت الأجهزة الأمنية بحاجة لمن يتطوع بالإبلاغ عنه؟، وهل رؤيته وسعيه لمشاركة الشباب في المشهد السياسى الآني والمستقبلي محل اتهام؟".
EGY 010 / 1119 / OBS 100 Arbitrary detention / Torture / Judicial harassment Egypt November 29, 2019
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Egypt.
Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Ramy Kamel, a defender of religious minorities’ rights. He is a member of the Maspero Youth Union (MYU) [1], a Coptic human rights organisation.
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Usman Khan: All we know about London Bridge killer who was jailed for terror plot
Usman Khan, 28, was previously jailed for plotting terror attacks on targets including Parliament, the London Stock Exchange and the US embassy. He was out on license when he carried out Friday's attack at London Bridge.
The terrorist who murdered two innocent people before being shot dead by police while wearing a fake suicide vest had already been jailed for plotting terror attacks.
Usman Khan, 28, was one of nine fundamentalists who schemed to target sites including the Houses of Parliament, the London Stock Exchange and the US embassy.
He was recorded saying that the only possible outcomes for him were martyrdom, prison or victory.
The terrorists were also recorded discussing leaving bombs in pubs and clubs in and around Stoke-on-Trent, where Khan lived at the time.
A man and a woman died, while three others - a man and two women - were injured in the attack.
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It has since emerged that Khan, who was born and raised in the UK, and eight others were jailed for a variety of terror offences in February 2012 - and he was freed in December last year.
Khan was given an indeterminate sentence for "public protection" - meaning he could remain in jail beyond the end of his eight year sentence.
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توفيق الحكيم و"حديث الذبابة".. معارك "الشوك" في حياة "الشعراوي"
لم تكن معركة الشيخ محمد متولي الشعراوي مع الكاتبة فريدة الشوباشي هي آخر المعارك التي ترصد العلاقة المضطربة بين القوى الناعمة الممثلة في المثقفين، وبين رجال الدين، والتي على مدار السنوات الفائتة وحتى اليوم لم تسمح لقلم الكاتب أن يحلق بعيدًا عن سمائهم، ما جعل المعارك تحسم في نهاية الأمر لصالح الداعية من أجل محاكمة المبدع وتجاهل مطالب القوى الناعمة بحرية التعبير، ولم تتخذ المعارك بين كل الأطراف السابقة من سلامة النية نقطة انطلاق للغفران.
وخلال حياة "الشعراوي" لم تخمد نيران معاركه مع رموز القوى الناعمة، لتعيد رسم خرائط العداء بين الدعاة والمثقفين ورموز التحرر النسائي ليصبح "الكفر والتجرؤ على الذات الإلهية ومخالفة الشريعة الإسلامية" اتهامات وأشواك تكلل رؤوس كل من يقف في مواجهة ثوابت الدين.