Posts Tagged ‘trial’
December 13th, 2011
The case of prominent
Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah is to be be tried
in a civilian court, it has been reported. Egyptian authorities are said to have transferred the case state security prosecutors to investigative judges, which opens up the possibility of a trial in a civilian criminal court with the right to appeal. Abdel-Fattah was
detained 30 October after he refused to answer questions over his alleged role in the 9 October clashes in Cairo.
November 11th, 2010
Sentence has now been upheld in a devastating blow for free speech. Lauren Davis reports
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November 4th, 2010
Ali Abdulemam’s trial is an important test case for free speech in the Middle East. Ashraf Khalil explains why
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October 19th, 2010
Kurdish politicians and activists, 151 in total, have
gone on trial in Diyarbakir, the largest city in the Kurdish-dominated southeast. The charges include membership of illegal groups, spreading propaganda and violating laws on public demonstrations. The trial comes amidst Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s
plans for reconciliation with the Kurdish ethnic minority, who make up 20 per cent of the population. The defendants include
12 elected mayors, and about 20 of the suspects are to be tried in absentia. European human rights activists and lawyers have arrived to monitor the case.
March 2nd, 2010
Ahmed Mostafa, an engineering student at the University of Kafr el-Sheikh,
faced a military court on 27 February, accused of “publishing false information about a military institution”. Mostafa, 20, was arrested on orders from the military prosecutor’s office in the Nile Delta city of
Kafr el-Sheikh on 25 February.
In February 2009, Mostafa reported on his blog
Matha Assabak ya Watan (“What’s Wrong with my Homeland?”) on a student that had been forced to leave a military school in order to make room for another applicant.
“This isn’t the first time for Mostafa’s blog to fall under scrutiny,” said Rawda Ahmed, a lawyer following the case for the Cairo-based
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. “Last year, he was summoned by officials of the Armed Forces on a friendly basis, who explained the problem to him.”
February 9th, 2010
Luiz Claudio Cunha, journalist and author of the book “Operation Condor: The kidnapping of the Uruguayans”, is
facing charges for “moral harm” against João Augusto da Rosa, former member of the secret police during the
Brazilian dictatorship. According to the officer, who was convicted in 1980, the book failed to mention that he was acquitted in 1983 for “lack of evidence”. The book has won several awards in Brazil and received a mention in the awards
“Casa de las Americas 2010″, failed in Havana last week.
February 5th, 2010
Photographer and documentary film-maker
Umida Akhmedova has been charged with slandering and insulting the Uzkbek people. Under articles 139 and 140 of the criminal code the charges carry a maximum sentence of
three years in jail. Akhmedova’s crime was to photograph men and women living in poverty in Uzbekistan, she also made a documentary about women’s rights.
February 3rd, 2010
Controversial Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders will face trial in the Netherlands on hate speech. Wilders’s lawyers had attempted to block the trial, claiming that as a politician he should have protected speech. Wilders has gained notoriety for his fim Fitna, which compels Muslims to tear out parts of the Quran.
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Read Oliver Kamm on Wilders
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