6 Responses to “Solidarity needed with detained bloggers”  

1. 1 alzaher Nov 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 am

   oh my god
   i know both those guys
   please keep me updated on anything new about them

2. 2 Hossam el-Hamalawy Nov 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm

   El-Baraa released..
   http://twitter.com/waelabbas/statuses/1017899351
   Adel still in custody..
   http://ana-ikhwan.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post_22.html

3. 3 Amr Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm

   Let us call it what it is. Adel is missing. When we find out he is being held by authorities, he will not be ‘detained’ because the Minister of Interior did not officially order that. He will not be held ‘in custody’ either. He will be kidnapped, disappeared, and held incommunicado. Out of regular law, out of emergency law.

4. 4 Amr Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm

   Speaking of detention. According to emergency law, only the Military Ruler (President during Emergency Status) can issue detention orders, and he can delegate this authority. Did Mubarak delegate this authority to any Minister of Interior after his first minister back in 1981? If not, then even according to emergency law, all the tens of thousands of Egyptians held by the state since then are kidnapped.

   Worth of an investigation, if anyone cares for legalities.

5. 5 Hossam el-Hamalawy Nov 22nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm

   well said Amr..

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