Egypt: Release women’s rights defender, protesters arrested for challenging draconian protest law
This serves as a good reminder that our sisters all over the world are risking imprisonment, even their lives, for women's rights!
Amnesty International
12 September 2014
Egypt: Release women’s rights defender, protesters arrested for challenging draconian protest law
The Egyptian authorities must release activists who were arrested simply for defying the country’s repressive protest law and are due to stand trial on 13 September, said Amnesty International.
Prominent women’s human rights defender Yara Sallam and the well-known human rights activist Sanaa Seif are among 22 people who are facing trial on charges of taking part in a gathering aimed at threatening “public peace” and damaging property, among other offences.
“This appears to be yet another show-trial based on scant and dubious evidence that is intended to be a clear warning to anyone who defies Egypt’s protest law,” said Philip Luther, Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.
“The case provides the latest proof of the Egyptian authorities’ determination to quash peaceful protest and stifle all forms of dissent. No one should be detained for peacefully exercizing the right to freedom of expression and assembly.”....
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