“Facciamo appello a tutti coloro che ci possono ascoltare e aiutare a usare tutti i mezzi a disposizione per salvare la vita ad Ahmadreza Djalali”.
Giorno: 10 novembre 2017
I giornalisti marocchini continuano a lottare per occuparsi del movimento Hirak, nonostante le intimidazioni statali
I giornalisti che si occupano delle proteste del movimento Hirak devono fronteggiare una miriade di limitazioni.
The “Syrianisation” of the world
In his book “The Impossible Revolution – Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy”, Syrian dissident Yassin al-Haj Saleh chronicles the Syrian revolution and explains how it was destroyed. His analysis shows all too clearly how little the West knows about Syria to this day. By Emran Feroz
Final verdict issued to uphold activist Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 5-year prison sentence
Egypt’s Court of Cassation issued a final ruling on Wednesday to uphold political activist Alaa Abd El Fattah’s five-year prison sentence on charges related to protesting. However, the court commuted the mandate that the term be carried out in a maximum security prison to assign Abd El Fattah to a general population prison.
Abd El Fattah will also have to undergo five years of probation after his release, in addition to an LE100,000 fine, as was decided in the February 2015 criminal court sentence Abdel Fattah appealed.
Lawyer Mokhtar Mounir told Mada Masr that the penalty change basically means that Abd El Fattah would serve his sentence in a general population prison without the rigorous conditions of a hard-labor imprisonment.
Mounir also added that a one-year sentence in a general population prison is nine months, in comparison to 12 months in hard-labor, but added that this difference is usually disregarded in the cases of political prisoners, such as the 6 April Youth Movement’s Ahmed Maher and Mohamed Adel.
Lawyer Mahmoud Belal told Mada Masr that the penalty change will have no real implications, insisting that the ruling is tantamount to the court rejecting the appeal, as types of prisons in Egypt do not differ greatly.
Abd El Fattah’s appeal was originally set to be heard on October 19, but the judge in the Court of Cassation circuit presiding over the case recused himself, citing “discomfort,” which lawyers believe suggests an issue of impartiality.
In February 2015, Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Abd El Fattah and Ahmed Abdel Rahman to five years in prison for charges of protesting in front of the Shura Council, with an additional five years probation and a LE100,000 fine each. It also sentenced each of the remaining defendants to three years in prison, three years probation and a LE100,000 fine.
All 21 defendants in the Shura council case appealed the verdict, and were released pursuant to a presidential pardon, except Abd El Fattah.
Abd El Fattah is awaiting another verdict on December 30 for charges of insulting the judiciary, along with 24 other defendants, including former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Islamophobia, 20 years later: How we can hope to defeat it
We wish for an end to the hurts and harms of Islamophobia, and to the demonising of others, writes Robin Richardson. We wish for a new us
The world-famous Louvre museum starts a lucrative new chapter in Abu Dhabi
In Abu Dhabi, it’s viewed as a status enhancer. In France, critics decry what they see as a beloved museum selling out to the highest bidder.
La battaglia navale tra le Ong e i libici
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L’ Asia Centrale e la rivoluzione russa del 1917
La rivoluzione russa del 1917 ebbe in Asia Centrale effetti profondi, le cui conseguenze perdurano ancora oggi. Un periodo turbulento che ha sconvolto questa regione affascinante e complessa. Leggine su East Journal!
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Tunisia: il Parlamento cederà alla pressioni del sindacato di polizia?
Sadri Khiari Come è ormai consuetudine, ogni nuovo attentato diventa il pretesto per un nuovo giro di vite securitario. Lo stato d’emergenza e la legge anti-terrorismo ne costituiscono sicuramente il quadro generale. L’assassinio, il 1° novembre, di un graduato della polizia, il comandante Riadh Barrouta per mano di un presunto membro dell’Isis, ha dunque riportato all’ordine del giorno il progetto […]
“Borderlife” di Dorit Rabinyan
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