http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:53:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/#comment-230079 The Arabist » Three detainees released Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:56:56 +0000 http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/#comment-230079 [...] State Security prosecutor ordered today the release of three pro-democracy detainees: Ahmad Maher, 3adel Fawzi Tawfeeq (el-Gazzar), and Yasser Isma3il Zakki. [...] [...] State Security prosecutor ordered today the release of three pro-democracy detainees: Ahmad Maher, 3adel Fawzi Tawfeeq (el-Gazzar), and Yasser Isma3il Zakki. [...]

]]> http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/#comment-218810 The Arabist » Four detainees released; 21 others given 15 more days Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:53:14 +0000 http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/#comment-218810 [...] Ashraf Ibrahim was one of the hunger-strikers who were forcefully moved last week to solitary confinement in Mazra3et Tora prison. The hunger strike lasted for five days, with more than a dozen detainees taking part. Ashraf and four other detainees were transferred by a Special Operations police force, attached to Tora, against their will. The detainees’ lawyers say the remaining four, after Ashraf’s release, were returned to their original cells in Mahkoum Tora. [...] [...] Ashraf Ibrahim was one of the hunger-strikers who were forcefully moved last week to solitary confinement in Mazra3et Tora prison. The hunger strike lasted for five days, with more than a dozen detainees taking part. Ashraf and four other detainees were transferred by a Special Operations police force, attached to Tora, against their will. The detainees’ lawyers say the remaining four, after Ashraf’s release, were returned to their original cells in Mahkoum Tora. [...]

]]> http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/#comment-215330 The Arabist » Two detainees released; three receive 15 more days; fate of five Tora hungerstrikers unknown Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:51:40 +0000 http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/#comment-215330 [...] On another front, news is trickling from Tora prison that the detainees in Mahkoum Tora have ended their hunger-strike on Thursday. There is no news about the fate of the five detainees who were moved to solitary confinement in Mazra3et Tora. Lawyers Seif al-Islam and Gamal 3eid expressed their concern about the five, after they heard they were badly beaten by the Interior Ministry’s Special Operations officers who supervised their transfer. Gamal Abdel Fattah, according to the two lawyers, was seen by other detainees being brutally assaulted. [...] [...] On another front, news is trickling from Tora prison that the detainees in Mahkoum Tora have ended their hunger-strike on Thursday. There is no news about the fate of the five detainees who were moved to solitary confinement in Mazra3et Tora. Lawyers Seif al-Islam and Gamal 3eid expressed their concern about the five, after they heard they were badly beaten by the Interior Ministry’s Special Operations officers who supervised their transfer. Gamal Abdel Fattah, according to the two lawyers, was seen by other detainees being brutally assaulted. [...]

]]> http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/#comment-213190 The Arabist » Updates from Tora… Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:15:09 +0000 http://arabist.net/archives/2006/05/31/updates-on-the-tora-prison-hunger-strike/#comment-213190 [...] Gamal 3abdel 3aziz 3eid, Mohamed el-Sharqawi’s lawyer, said his client resisted an attempt, Thursday 9am, by the prison authorities to transfer him to the forensic medical department, for a second visit. Sharqawi, according to 3eid, told the security officials he was already referred to the forensic medical authorities once, last Sunday, and did not comprehend why he would be referred again. [...] [...] Gamal 3abdel 3aziz 3eid, Mohamed el-Sharqawi’s lawyer, said his client resisted an attempt, Thursday 9am, by the prison authorities to transfer him to the forensic medical department, for a second visit. Sharqawi, according to 3eid, told the security officials he was already referred to the forensic medical authorities once, last Sunday, and did not comprehend why he would be referred again. [...]

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