Articles by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)
Journalist’s residence in Alexandria raided in attempt to arrest him
(HRinfo/IFEX) – HRinfo fears for the life of the journalist blogger Abdel Men’em Mahmoud, whose residence in Alexandria was broken into at dawn on 13 April 2007 by security forces seeking to arrest him. The incident appears to be part of a campaign carried out by the police in Cairo and Alexandria to arrest 42 […]
Prosecutors obstruct appeal of blogger Karim Amer’s conviction
(HRinfo/IFEX) – HRinfo is asking the prosecutor-general to order members of the prosecution in East Alexandria Integral Court to stop hindering the procedure to appeal the conviction of Egyptian blogger Karim Amer. HRinfo’s lawyer, Rawda Ahmed, who is part of the defense team, has travelled to Alexandria many times to file the appeal. However, upon […]
HRinfo director, two bloggers, accused of “insult” and “defamation”, detained for questioning as harassment campaign against the organisation continues
(HRinfo/IFEX) – HRinfo has announced that it will not be terrorised into giving up its right to sue Judge Abdel Fattah Mourad for violating HRinfo’s copyrights. Judge Mourad has initiated many court actions, including one accusing HRinfo Executive Director Gamal Eid and bloggers Manal Hassan and Alaa Seif – the administrators of http://manalaa.net – of […]
Appeals court upholds blogger’s conviction for “insulting Islam and president”
(HRinfo/IFEX) – On 12 March 2007, the Alexandria Appeals Court affirmed the first degree court’s sentence of four years’ imprisonment for Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Suliman Amer for “insulting Islam and the president of Egypt”. The decision taken by the Appeals Court was unexpected. It is a setback for freedom of expression in Egypt, and […]
Judge seeks to have HRinfo’s website, 20 others blocked for “tarnishing government and president’s reputation”
(HRinfo/IFEX) – HRinfo condemns Judge Abdel Fattah Mourad for taking on a case calling for the Egyptian government to block 21 Egyptian websites and blogs, as reported by the “Rozal Youssef” newspaper on 2 March 2007. According to the front page report, Judge Mourad, head of the Alexandria Appeals Court, raised a case before the […]
Court disregards defence’s request for witnesses in trial of Al-Jazeera journalist
(HRinfo/IFEX) – On 7 March 2007, the Nozha Misdemeanour Court held the third hearing on the case against Howayda Taha, a producer with Al-Jazeera television. The court viewed different parts of the videotapes that the public prosecutor claimed contain scenes that “destroy the reputation of the Egyptian government”. In addition, the court listened to and […]
Journalists fined, their prison sentences dropped, for “insulting president”
(HRinfo/IFEX) – The following is a 28 February 2007 HRinfo press release: A new episode in the regime’s restriction of Freedom of Expression The two Al-Dostour journalists fined Cairo – 28 February 2007 – Judge Ismail Abu Kerisha of the Misdemeanor Appeal Court in Al-Warak sentenced Ibrahim Eissa, editor-in-chief of the independent weekly “Al-Dostour”, and […]
Young blogger sentenced to four years in prison for “disparaging religion” and “defaming the president”
(HRinfo/IFEX) – HRinfo condemns the harsh sentence announced by Moharram Beik Misdemeanor Court in Alexandria against the secular blogger, Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, popularly known as Kareem Amer. Amer was sentenced for four years in prison on charges of disparaging religion and defaming the Egyptian president. The court held a session on 22 February 2007 […]