[fse-esf] Egypt update - more arrests in Cairo, ESF backs call for day of action

[Alex Callinicos]

8 May 2006
 
Eleven protesters were seized yesterday by Egyptian security forces in front of the  court in Cairo where a hearing was meant to take place in the case of the 48 
democracy protesters arrested ten days ago. According to eyewitnesses, police beat and kicked demonstrators. Three were later released. Eight remain in custody, but their exact whereabouts are unknown.

The Assembly of the Social Movements at the European Social Forum in Athens backed the call for an international day of action on 25 May in support of the pro-reform judges whose protests led to the original arrests and in support of the detainees.

Please send messages of protest to the General Prosecutor, Maher Abdel  Wahid, fax +202 577 4716.

Those detained on Sunday are:
        - Ahmed Abdel Gawad, Ghad party, Youth for Change activist
         - Ahmed Abdel Ghaffar, Youth for Change activist
         - Alaa Ahmed Seif, Youth for Change activist, and son of Ahmed Seif the director of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, one of the most outspoken human rights organizations in Egypt.
         - Asmaa Ali, Center for Socialist Studies and Youth for Change activist
         - Fadi Iskandar, Karama party, Youth for Change activist
         - Karim El Shaer, Labour party and Youth for Change activist
         - Nada el Qassas, Kefaya movement
         - Rasha Azab, Youth for Change activist
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