Abu Omar was rendered by US agents, via Germany, to Egypt, where he was held
for nearly four years, including 14 months in secret detention.
Reports indicate that the Egyptian authorities have deported some 700
Eritrean asylum-seekers to Massawa in Eritrea, on special daily Egypt
Air flights from Aswan International airport since 11 June.
“The prison sentences handed down by an Egyptian military court against 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood are a perversion of justice,” Amnesty International said today.
An Egyptian military court sentenced 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood to jail on Tuesday - a verdict described by Amnesty International as a "perversion of justice".
As five more men face trial in Cairo on April 9 in a widening and dangerous police crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS, 117 organizations worldwide working in the fields of health and human rights condemned the crackdown and the participation of medical personnel.
Two men believed to be from Côte d'Ivoire were shot dead by Egyptian
security forces while trying to cross into Israel on Thursday.
The editor of an Egyptian daily newspaper was been sentenced to six
months in prison on
Wednesday for writing about the health of the President.
Ibrahim Eissa was charged under Articles 171 and 188 of the Penal Code for publishing in 2007 information considered by the authorities to be damaging to the public interest and Egypt’s national stability.
Egyptian security forces shot dead another woman trying to cross into Israel on Saturday.
Egyptian security forces shot dead a Sudanese man trying to cross into
Israel on Tuesday
– a total of five African migrants have now been
killed crossing the border so far this year.
