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Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party spokesman arrested in Helwan
[Al Ahram] Spokesman for the Freedom and Justice Party in Cairo, Ahmed Sobei, was tossed in the calabooseYou have the right to remain silent... on Friday afternoon at his residence in Helwan, south of the capital. The Freedom and Justice Party is the political wing of the Moslem Brüderbund, from which ousted president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... hails. Morsi supporters held protests on Friday in various districts around Cairo and in other cities in Egypt. Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported that Osama El-Sagheer, head of Cairo's security directorate, has ordered that Sobei be referred to the prosecution on charges of "inciting violence." Hundreds of Moslem Brüderbund members and leaders have been arrested since the bloody dispersal of two pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo in mid-August. Those behind bars include Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohammed Badie and his second-in-command Khairat El-Shater, in addition to deposed president Mohammed Morsi, who has been held incommunicado since his ouster in July. All three Islamist leaders face charges related to the incitement of violence. On Wednesday, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with Moslem Brüderbund leaders Amr Darrag and Mohammed Ali Bishr in Cairo as part of a three-day visit which is being viewed by analysts as an a new attempt to reach an agreement between the post-Morsi government and the Moslem Brüderbund. According to Al-Ahram, the agreement would be that the Brotherhood will put an end to their anti-military protests in exchange for the release of those arrested without charge. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-05 |
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