| Posted on P.2 because so many people have already been arrested that it only rates if it's is someone high up in the Muslim Brotherhood hierarchy. When it's become relatives, they merely add to the crowded cells. |
| No doubt at some point in the near future a cadre of do-gooders will point out that the jail cells of Cairo have become as impossibly crowded as the ones in California, and that constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, to which the response shall be: of course. This is Egypt. Then the do-gooders shall be thumped and added to the prison population... |
[Ynet] Egyptian authorities tossed in the calaboose
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
more than 60 people associated with the Moslem Brüderbund in less than 24 hours, including relatives of the group's leaders, officials said Wednesday.
The crackdown on the group, from which ousted President Mohammed Morsi hails, started shortly after the July 3 coup. It intensified this month after security forces cleared out two of the group's sit-ins, killing hundreds and sparking unrest that killed more than 1,000 people in a few days. The Interior Ministry says more than 100 coppers and soldiers have also been killed since mid-August. |