Maikel Nabil, Weeks have passed since you were finally released from imprisonment, and one might think that those weeks turned into years – for greater than before have been the horrors to which we have been exposed since then – making us hesitate in which side of the bars had you been and had we [...]
CAIRO: Prominent Egyptian activist and blogger Maikel Nabil, who was granted a pardon by Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi earlier this past week, said in statements that this was the third time he was arrested. He said he was arrested the first time for creating a group against compulsory recruitment by the army, “no to [...]
CAIRO: The release of embattled blogger Maikel Nabil on Tuesday evening has ended a “cruel ordeal,” said Amnesty International. “The end of Maikel Nabil’s cruel ordeal at the hands of the military council is a cause for real celebration,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director. “Yet 10 months [...]
CAIRO: Jailed Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil, considered by most to be Egypt’s first prisoner of conscience after jailed by the military junta early last year, was freed on Tuesday, his brother Mark wrote on Twitter. Mark wrote that Maikel was slightly sick and would be taken home to rest. The young blogger had entered a [...]
CAIRO: Those waiting for jailed Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil to be set free, after the military junta reportedly pardoned him and over 1900 others on Saturday were met with intimidation by undercover officers, activists told Bikyamasr.com on Sunday afternoon. Adding more fuel to the activists anger was the reality that the embattled blogger was not [...]
CAIRO: The United States government has called on the Egyptian military rulers to end military trials of civilians, singling out embattled blogger Maikel Nabil, who was sentenced again this week to two years in jail over statements he made on his personal blog. “We are very concerned about reports that the military court has again [...]
CAIRO: With some 12,000 Egyptians having been detained and tried under controversial military courts, the “No Military Trials” grassroots organization has pushed forward in their constant attacks against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) against such trials, demanding an end to the military’s rule over the country. In late October, the #NoMilTrials campaigners [...]
CAIRO: The small group of supporters waited impatiently in front of the military court in Cairo, hoping for good news for jailed Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad. They were disappointed, however, as a military court only reduced his three-year sentence from earlier this year, to two-years. After weeks of postponements and jockeying by the court, [...]
CAIRO: Standing outside the c28 military court on Wednesday, the tiny group of around 15 supporters of Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil were hopeful the young man, jailed for months by the ruling military junta, would walk free. However, the court adjourned, yet again, delaying the verdict, “for no apparent reason,” according to a lawyer close [...]
CAIRO: Embattled and imprisoned Maikel Nabil has not received the same attention as his fellow jailed cohorts. Until now. The International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) in Turkey has named the young Egyptian blogger the first IFLRY Freedom Award winner for “his firm commitment to freedom.” Nabil was part of IFLRY’s delegation to the Liberal [...]
CAIRO: The leader of Sweden’s “Pirate Party”, Anna Troberg, and a group of Swedish-based activists and bloggers, have called on the Egyptian government to release activists and bloggers, Maikel Nabil and Alaa Abdel Fattah, for their imprisonment for speaking out against the government. “The civil journalism found on the Internet forms an integral engine for [...]
CAIRO: An Cairo appeal court renewed the detention of Egyptian blogger Peter Azmy Yousef’s for another 15 days, on charges that the man has insulted the nation’s interim ruling military council on Facebook. The young blogger stands accused of criticizing the military, using “foul” language and inciting others to commit acts of violence against the [...]
CAIRO: The retrial of embattled Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad was adjourned on Sunday until December 4, sources near the Cairo military court told Bikyamasr.com. This comes after his original date for retrial on November 1 was also postponed. Upon leaving the c28 military court in the Egyptian capital, Nabil shouted to the few supporters [...]
CAIRO: Canada’s liberal justice critic Irwin Cotler and a number of other MPs in the country have called for the Egyptian ruling military to free jailed blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad. The statements on Thursday come as Nabil entered his 87th day of a hunger strike in protest against the military trials implemented by the Supreme [...]
CAIRO: Jailed Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad, currently into his third month of a hunger strike, had his “retrial” postponed, yet again, until November 27. This comes after his original date for retrial on November 1 was also postponed. Nabil, who has been on a prison hunger strike since August 23, refuses to acquiesce to [...]
CAIRO: A total of no more than 15 people showed up on Tuesday November 1 outside C28 to show their support for Maikel Nabil. Of the 15 were a couple of Maikel’s own family members and AlJazeera crew, which essentially dwindles the numbers down to about 11 protesters. It’s Maikel’s 70th day on hunger strike, [...]
CAIRO: For a couple of weeks, imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad captured Egypt’s activists attention. His hunger strike was a top news item as it entered its 40th day, then its 50th, but now, his plight has seemingly been forgotten by all save a few hardened believers in freedom of expression. Nabil was the first [...]
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