The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Syndicate news...

Gamal Tag el-Din, Lawyers’ Syndicate council member, is holding tomorrow Wednesday 11am a press conference on the democracy detainees, at the syndicate’s conference hall.

Tag is a Muslim Brotherhood activist, who played a major role in publicizing the infamous “Blacklist of Judges,� that included the names of pro-government judges accused of rigging the vote during last November parliamentary elections. He’s currently facing slander charges together with three other journalists.

Judges Mahmoud Mekki and Mahmoud el-Khodeiri are speaking also tomorrow Wednesday, 7pm at the Press Syndicate.