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| Egypt police detain four Islamists in Alexandria |
| 2006-05-09 |
| CAIRO - Egyptian police detained four Muslim Brothers in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, bringing to 70 the number of members of the Islamist movement being held behind bars, a spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. “Four members of the Brotherhood were arrested at dawn yesterday (Monday) for their continuing campaign against the emergency law,” said Ali Abdel Fattah, the Islamist group’s representative in Alexandria. According to the Muslim Brotherhood’s website, the four were taken after their houses were searched in the Alexandria districts of Al Gomrok and Al Manshya. “One of the four detainees, suffers from chronic bronchial asthma and is detained in unsanitary conditions without his asthma pumps which puts his life at risk,” a statement said. The Islamist group launched a campaign last month calling for an end to the 25-year-old emergency law which grants police sweeping powers of arrest and restricts non-government political activity. The Egyptian parliament -- dominated by President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party -- last week renewed the law for another two years. |
| Posted by:Steve |