Please sign the protest by leaving your name in the comment box at the bottom of this statement!
We, the undersigned, are appalled at the unlawful sentencing of Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil by military court in Cairo last night!
Maikel Nabil and his lawyers were told yesterday at court session that the trial was adjourned to Tuesday, April 12.
After Maikel was taken away and the lawyers had left the courtroom the military court sentenced Maikel Nabil in absentia to three years imprisonment and he was taken away immediately to the Tora prison where he now is held!
His lawyers only learned of this sentencing this morning!
Such an act of treachery in a court room is unparalleled. That a sentence is spoken without the presence of the accused or his lawyers is "unheard of in Egypt", as his lawyers confirm. It is also a violation of all rules of conduct in ordinary judiciary proceedings and violates human rights of the accused in the worst form. It is unbelievable that this is taking place in the post-Mubarak era after the peaceful revolution in Egypt fought for transparency, democracy and human rights!
Maikel Nabil has been sentenced for nothing else but for writing a critical post on his blog about atrocities that happened when military police arrested, detained, tortured and even sexually abused detainees in the last two months after taking over power. All these accusations have been verified by international rights groups and have been published in numerous newspapers around the world.
To sentence a blogger to three years imprisonment for reporting nothing else but what the world already knows is a gross violation of the right of freedom of speech that is guaranteed in the Interim Constitutional Declaration of Egypt. The army - that now throws Maikel Nabil in prison for three years - has issued this Declaration only 10 days ago and already the military court violates it by prohibiting freedom of speech!
We call upon the Egyptian Cabinet Council and Prime Minister Sharaf as well as the Supreme Council of Armed Forces under General Tantawi to immediately lift this unlawful sentence and set Maikel Nabil free!
Maikel Nabil has committed no crime. He only made use of the guaranteed right of freedom of speech that we support as a fundamental right of all Egyptians no matter whether we share his views or not. Freedom of speech allows for opposing opinions and views and this must be respected by all in Egypt including the army and military courts!
The way the military court yesterday sentenced Maikel Nabil behind his back and the back of his lawyers is illegal and sends a damaging signal out to the world that Egypt's military is not adhering to judiciary standards and human rights and is violating the Interim Constitutional Declaration of Egypt!
Lift the sentence against Maikel Nabil!
Set blogger Maikel Nabil free!(The updated numbers of signatures to this protest will be submitted constantly to the Supreme Council of Armed Forces and the Prime Minister of Egypt – until the sentence against Maikel Nabil is lifted!)
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If you want more information on Maikel Nabil's case with the military please check other posts already published on this blog with links to media and statements from human rights organizations.
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احتجاجا على الحكم الجائر و الغير قانوني على المدون المصري مايكل نبيل!
نعرب نحن الموقعين أدناه عن بالغ ارتياعنا من الحكم الجائر الصادر من المحكمة العسكرية بالقاهرة على المدون مايكل نبيل مساء الأمس!
و قد صدر الحكم غيابيا على مايكل بعد اصطحابه خارج المحكمة و خروج المحامين منها حيث حكمت المحكمة العسكرية على مايكل نبيل غيابيا بثلاث سنوات سجن و تم اصطحابه فورا إلى سجن طره حيث يقبع الآن قيد الاحتجاز.
لم يعرف محاموه بهذا الحكم سوى هذا الصباح!
و الجدير بالذكر انه لا توجد سابقة لمثل هذه الخيانة في حرم المحاكم ، حيث جرى النطق بالحكم في غياب المتهم و محاموه مما "يعد حدثا غير مسبوق في مصر" ؛حسب ما ذكر المحامون. و يعد ذلك أيضا انتهاكا لكل القواعد المهنية المتبعة في الإجراءات القضائية المعتادة و انتهاكا فاضحا في أسوأ أشكاله لحقوق الإنسان الخاصة بالمتهم . و من غير المعقول و لا يصدق ان يتم ذلك في حقبة ما بعد مبارك و في عقب الثورة السلمية التي جرت في مصر و كان هدفها الأسمى هو تحقيق الشفافية و الديمقراطية و حقوق الإنسان!
تم الحكم على مايكل نبيل للاشئ سوى كتابة بوست أو رسالة شائكة في مدونته حول الفظائع التي حدثت أثناء قيام الشرطة العسكرية باحتجاز و اعتقال و تعذيب المعتقلين و حتى التعدي جنسيا عليهم في الشهرين الأخيرين بعد انتقال السلطة.
تم تأكيد كافة تلك الاتهامات عن طريق المجموعات الحقوقية الدولية و تم نشرها في العديد من الجرائد حول العالم.
ان الحكم على مدون بثلاث سنوات لكتابته حقائق يعرفها العالم بأسره بالفعل هو انتهاك و تعد سافر على حق حرية التعبير المكفول وفقا للإعلان الدستوري المصري المؤقت. و قد اصدر الجيش – الذي ألقى بنبيل في السجن لمدة ثلاث سنوات – هذا الإعلان منذ مالا يزيد عن عشرة أيام و ها هي المحكمة العسكرية ألان تتعدى على الإعلان المذكور بمنعها حرية التعبير!
إننا ندعو مجلس الوزراء المصري و رئيس الوزراء عصام شرف و كذلك المجلس الاعلي للقوات المسلحة بقيادة المشير طنطاوي بالرفع الفوري لهذا الحكم الجائر و إطلاق سراح مايكل نبيل على الفور!
لم يرتكب مايكل نبيل اي جرم. و لم يعد ان استخدم حقه المكفول في حرية التعبير التي ندعمها كحق لكل المصريين بغض النظر عن اشتراكنا معه في آراءه من عدمه. تسمح حرية التعبير بالآراء ووجهات النظر المختلفة و المتعارضة و يجب على كل من في مصر احترام ذلك بما فيهم الجيش و المحاكم العسكرية!
ان الطريقة التي حكمت بها المحكمة العسكرية على مايكل نبيل من خلف ظهره و ظهر محاموه غير شرعية و ترسل بإشارات سلبية للعالم بأسره حول عدم التزام الجيش المصري بالمعايير القانونية و حقوق الإنسان و تنتهك الإعلان الدستوري المصري المؤقت!
ارفعوا الحكم الصادر ضد مايكل نبيل!
أطلقوا سراح المدون مايكل نبيل!
( سوف يتم رفع الأعداد المحدثة للتوقيعات بشكل مستمر إلى المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة و رئيس وزراء مصر حتى يتم رفع الحكم الصادر بحق مايكل نبيل )
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Is he in good condition/alive... might explain strange/unusual army tactics...
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I don't think signatures are going to be enough.
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YES FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH
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ReplyDeleteSo many martyrs lives gone, for what? To continue to promote political oppression. I think not! FREE NABIL!
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Joining the protest.
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Democracy Review: We ask the Egyptian Court and Military Court to Free Maikel Nabil Now.
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Set Maikel Nabil free! This is outrageous!
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Free Maikel Nabil!
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Pls free Maikel Nabil !
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Free Maikel Nabil and establish the democracy and justice in Egypt !
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Will the Egyptian authorities ever learn...
ReplyDeleteI add my signature to this petition because the conviction is illegal and unconstitutional, because military trial of civilians and conviction without being able to represent your case are counter to democracy, because the army/SCAF does holds power as a result of the protests in favour of democracy which lead to Mubarak's removal and so the army/SCAF must act within this remit, to secure democracy and human rights, or it acts outside of the scope of the authority it was granted by the people, and finally because it shames in Egypt in the view of the world.
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My name is Liz Ver Kamp and I'm signing this petition to free Maikel Nabil because Egypt needs to provide all its citizens with the full range of equal, civil and human rights, lift the emergency law and allow for free and fair elections and an independent judiciary in order to ensure effective, efficient, accountable, secular representative government that also protects the rights of minorities. All Egyptian political detainees should be released immediately and all convictions obtained against political disidents should be thrown out of court and the wrongfully imprisoned freed. There is no other way forward without absolute hypocrisy ensuing. Wake up Tantawi!
ReplyDeleteI add my signature because I stand for truth.No govenment has the right to surpress freedom of speech.Nobody can,under natural justice be sentenced without being present to defend themselves,or have legal representation.This is a disgrace!
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Please set Maikel Nabil free. It cannot be allowed to be a crime to write a blog!
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ReplyDeleteWe have seen in South Africa what oppression means. Freedom of speech is the most important thing for a democratic society. The Egyptian army must accept other opinions, even if they don't like it. Set Maikel Nabil free now. You are damaging the image of the country all over the world! And we know what that means, believe me. It is not right to oppress people's opinions! If you want the world to believe you that you want to make a better Egypt then you must release him. Or no one can trust you!
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ReplyDeleteI don't understand why we finance the army that does that with our taxpayers money? We don't stand for violating freedom of speech! Either Maikel Nabil is set free or the US should stop any payment to the military of Egypt. And no tourism unless this is corrected.
ReplyDeleteI agree. No financing of jailing of bloggers! Let's hope the State Dept. not only says it is concerned but also does something about this.
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It is a shame that he is in jail!! Release him now!!
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