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Egypt Jails Brotherhood Women, Orders Activist Arrests
 [An Nahar] Egyptian authorities Wednesday tossed in the clink... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... 14 women said to be Moslem Brüderbund members for 11 years, and ordered the arrest of two leading activists for demonstrating against a disputed protest law. A court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria sentenced the 14 women who it said were from the Brotherhood after convicting them of belonging to a "terrorist organization," judicial sources said. It also sentenced six men, said to be Brotherhood leaders, to 15 years, the sources said, adding the convicted women were immediately transferred to prison. The men, tried in absentia, were found guilty of inciting the women to block key roads in the city during festivities between supporters and opponents of ousted Islamist 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... on October 31. Seven girls in the same group on trial were sent to a juvenile detention center until they reach the age of 18, state media said. Their sentencing is the latest in an ongoing government crackdown against Morsi's supporters since the army toppled him on July 3. More than 1,000 people have been killed in the crackdown and during festivities between pro- and anti-Morsi groups, while thousands have been incarcerated I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! , mostly Islamists, in the often deadly crackdown. On Tuesday, the authorities appeared to widen their campaign when police crushed protests by secular and pro-democracy groups against a law passed at the weekend regulating demonstrations. The law requires protest organizers to give at least three days' written notice before holding demonstrations. Police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse Tuesday's demonstrations. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-28 |
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