Elyoum elsaba trial#

Major General Magdy Moussa of the Morality Police told Al-Youm el-Saba that the seven arrested Thursday were part of a 'network for practicing debauchery' and had been targeted through social media.

Elyoum elsaba trial#

This is the first highly publicized arrest of allegedly gay or trans people since the January acquittal of 26 men arrested in a raid on a working-class bathhouse that was featured in a television broadcast purporting to tell 'the whole story of the dens for spreading AIDS in Egypt.' Last week, an April trial was scheduled in a defamation suit against the reporter who made the program, Mona Iraqi, and the owner of the station that broadcast it, Tarek Nour of the Al-Qahera Wal Nas channel. The paper identified the seven as 'transsexuals,' but details of the account could not be verified. Journalists covering the elections for Ahram Online, Al-Dostour, Al Jazeera and el-Youm el-Saba’a newspaper say they were harassed and in some cases arrested by security forces.Egyptian police arrested seven people on Thursday for 'debauchery,' the charge routinely used against men accused of homosexuality, according to a report in the Egyptian tabloid Al-Youm el-Saba. Local NGOs also formed the Egyptian Coalition for Monitoring Elections and the Independent Coalition for Election Monitoring, to monitor the conduct of the election and voting.On Sunday, voters reported that they found some polling stations closed for several hours, while at other polling stations, security forces turned voters away. They have established a task force, hosted by El Nadim Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, to investigate and verify reported incidents of violence. Despite this, the HEC said late on Sunday that the elections had been “calm and orderly” with only limited instances of violence.Egyptian human rights organizations are currently documenting the violence that occurred on election day.

Some human rights monitors were reportedly assaulted by security officials. Representatives of Egyptian human rights organizations were effectively barred from monitoring the voting by security forces, despite holding permits issued by the High Elections Commission (HEC), the official body charged with supervising the elections. “The Egyptian authorities must not ignore the damning footage of violence and intimidation that is emerging,” said Malcolm Smart.“They must give clear instructions to their security forces to protect voters and uphold their rights, and that of candidates, without discrimination during the runoff voting on 5 December – if further violence and human rights abuses such as those that occurred on Sunday are to be avoided.”The Muslim Brotherhood, the largest organized political opposition to the ruling NDP, has said around 180 of its members and supporters were arbitrary arrested. Two people are reported to have been killed by security forces in Assyout and Wadi Natroun in circumstances which remain unclear but which may have involved the use of live fire when dispersing crowds.The other deaths are believed to have been the result of clashes between rival political parties.“The Egyptian authorities must now open independent investigations into the deaths and allegations of violence that have, once again, cast a bloody shadow over Election Day,” said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International’s director for the Middle East and North Africa.“Egyptian voters should have been able to rely on the security forces to ensure their safety not pose a threat to it.”Amnesty International is concerned that Egyptians turning out to vote were subjected to violence and intimidation during election day, including beatings by security forces, and other violence as revealed by mobile phone footage posted on the internet.Footage also appears to show voters caught in the middle of violent clashes between supporters of rival candidates mostly belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). News NovemEgypt parliamentary election violence must be investigatedĪmnesty International today called on the Egyptian authorities to fully investigate the deaths, violence and other human rights abuses that marred last Sunday’s parliamentary elections.At least eight people are reported to have died and scores more wounded across the country as Egyptians went to the polls to elect members to the lower house of parliament, the People’s Assembly.