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" … we wold like our
people to know also that we love them more than ourselves and that we wish to
sacrifice our souls for their honour, glory, dignity, religion and their
aspirations, we work for people only for God's sake more than we work for
ourselves; we are for- our belover brothers- and we will never be against
you".
Imam Hassan Al Banna.
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Prison Authorities Delay
Family Visits For MB
Detainees
On
By this senseless act during
a major Islamic holiday where families normally get together to celebrate, the
Egyptian government contiuned to violate the most basic human rights especially
after shutting down companies that were the only source of income for hundreds
of Muslim Brotherhood members under the pretext of false accusations
and groundless allegations.
The Muslim Brotherhood
condemns this inhumane behavior by the Egyptian government, which is added to
its long list of tyrannical
suppression and abusive treatment of its political opponents. We
urge Human Rights and civil society organizations to react positively towards
this humane issue, and demand the Egyptian government and its Interior
Ministry to take into consideration the human rights while dealing with these
noble well-reputed citizens.
Mohamed Mahdi Akef
Muslim Brotherhood Chairman
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29 Muslim Brotherhood Members arrested
in Sharqiya, Gharbiya and Daqahliya in the Delta of
The state security forces
arrested, on Tuesday at dawn January, 2. 2007, 29 Muslim Brotherhood leaders in
the governorates of Sharqiya, Gharbiya and Daqahliya, after storming into their
houses in an unjustified way for such an illegal action.
In Sharqiya Governorate,
17 Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested:
- Dr. Mohamed Abdul Ghani - (conjunctivitis professor at Zagazig University) a
Muslim Brotherhood leaders and a member in the group’s political committee; he
is the elder brother of Eng. Ayman Abdul Ghani who is married to daughter of
the MB second deputy chairman, and he was arrested previously several times
including 1995 court-martial and he was imprisoned for 3 years
-Dr. Amir Bassam a
teacher is in Al-Azhar faculty of medicine,
-Eng. Yasser Roshdi-
manager of the project of improving the city of
-Mr. Abdullah Al Zahawi
– a MB leader in the governorate.
-Dr Mohsen Qahwa -
Owner and manager of the Engineering Electronics company.
-Mr. Abdullah Al Bahrawi
- (Lawyer and ex-member in the Bar syndicate in Sharqiya).
-Mohamed Nagib Abdul
Ghani Ibrahim- General Manager of the legal affairs in the West Zagazig
Education District.
-Ashraf Al-Baghdadi -
Employee in the Authority of Electricity.
-Hassan Othman -
French language teacher
-
-Abdul Hamid Ahmed Abdou
- Accountant in the Agricultural Authority in Zagazig.
-Maher Abdul Latif -
an employee in a contracting company
-Tamer Sobhi Nasruddin
- Student in the Faculty of Education, Arabic Dep.
-Osama Ibrahim-
Employee in Al-Azhar Education Department.
-Dr. Mohamed Lotfi –
Pharmacist, Muslim Brotherhood leader in the city of
-Gamal Salem- Teacher
in Fakous
-Mohamed Habib-
Lawyer
Also 5 MB youth were
arrested from the
1-Al Sayed Al Sayed Ahmed
2-Ali Abdul Raouf Ismail- Employee at the Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments)
3-Al Shabrawi Mohamed Al Shbrway - a physician
4-Talaat Salahuddin Hussein - Agriculture Diploma
5-Bahaa Mohamed Abdul Aal - Health technical institute
The Muslim Brothers
detained from
- Eng. Ayman Al Shafie:
A civil engineer and works in the field of real-estate investments; he is the
Engineers Syndicate treasurer in Gharbiya, and also a member in the committee
of coordination among parties and syndicates and political powers in the
governorate, and a former MB candidate for the People's Assembly elections and
he is one of the public figures in Tanta.
-
- Mr. Wahid Al Gazzaz:
A lawyer and the head of the bureau of MP Sheikh Sayyed Askar.
- Mr. Fawzi Al-Marasi:
Lawyer.
- Dr Alaa Gharaba:
Veterinarian .
-Mr. Ahmed Al Nagar:
Dental technician in
-Mr. Muhammad Nagib:
Employee in the regional federation of Non-Governmental Organizations.
- Mr. Nasr Nour: Headmaster
of Al-Geel Al-Muslim school in Al-Mahala.
-Mr. Ali Sharaf:
Accountant.
The Muslim Brothers
detained from Daqahliya today at dawn are:
The state security forces in
Mansoura arrested on Tuesday at dawn 3 Muslim Brotherhood leaders of the
Dakahlia governorate, within framework of the unjustified crackdown that the
Egyptian authorities are carrying out against the Muslim Brotherhood and its
leaders.
The detentions include Dr.
Hamed Mansour, a specialist of Dermal Diseases, Dr.
Mohamed Abdul Rahman, a cardiologist in the Shirbin public
hospital, Eng. Mohamed Zakariya the head of the Auto Department in
Al-Huda Wal-Nur Islamic schools in Mansoura.
It is worth mentioning that
Dr. Mohamed Abdul Rahman suffers from a previous fracture that he had during
his previous detention last year as he spent about six months inside Mansoura
public prison.
These detentions come in the
context of the late Egyptian government vetted security and media campaigns
against the Muslim Brotherhood, campaigns that coincide with Mubarak's request
to introduce constitutional amendments that the national powers see as flagrant
attempts to justify the Tawreeth (that Gamal Mubark succeed his father in
ruling Egypt), while the Muslim Brotherhood is considered the biggest
opposition force towards these amendments.
The government which bases
its rule on emergency laws used- at the beginning of its campaign - the student
demonstration in Al-Azhar is a pretext for these detentions that included Eng.
Mohamed Khayrat Al Shater, the second deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood
Supreme; the ugly face of the government was revealed quickly after the
escalation included arresting owners of publishing houses and businessmen and
arresting people while committing the prayers of Al-Eid (feast) all over the
country, to add fuel to fire with today’s’ detentions at dawn that included
Muslim Brothers in Tanta
People Arrested from
Feast Prayer Areas
Al-Adha Feast days witnessed
a wide-scale security crackdown against the group members, including arresting
a huge number from the feast prayer areas squares from in Sharqiya, Giza, Cairo
and Al Fayyum.
Also 5 MB youth were
arrested from the
On the same day, Egyptian
state security officers arrested more than twenty citizens in Al Fayyum during
the feast prayer areas while performing the prayers; they arrested the
worshippers from various areas (Baghwas, Sufi and Hawatim) in front of prayers
and amid people's amazement at such an intimidating act that spoils the
happiness of the feast among them.
In
The MP Mahmoud Amer tabled a
complaint to counselor Mahmoud Abdul Magid, the attorney general, against the
officer Ahmed Tawfik "a manager of a security office in Al-Waraq, Giza
Governorate" for his insisting on not carrying out the public
prosecution's decisions and arresting Mostafa Hassan Abbas (33 years), Ala
Allah Nasr (37 years), Mohamed Mostafa Hendi (21 years), and Amr Mohamed Saad
Haggag (19 years) without any legal claim and that he tortured them with
Kicking and electric shocks by officers Amr and Nader, and policemen Mostafa
Saqr and Ahmed Hassan, under a direct supervision of the office manager.
Al-Shater’s Health
Deteeriorates,
Denied Visits
The Ministry of Interior
prevented relatives of Eng. Mohamed Khayrat Al Shater, the second deputy
chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, and those arrested with him in the Cairo
prison pending trial, from visiting in a flagrant violations to law that allows
those imprisoned pending trials to have a visit every week and an exceptional
visit in the first day of the feast
Also, the health of Eng. Al Shater is considerably
deteriorating; Saad, Al-Shater’s son declared that suffering of uncontrolled
Diabetes (high blood sugar), and high blood pressur; Al Shater Jr. said that he
saw his father while he appeared in front of the state security prosecution
today, January, 2, 2007, in a clear state of fatigue due to the fact that his
father is detained with criminals in a cell which isn’t appropriate for human
beings; the prisoners are detained in 3 × 8 metres cell where 17 individuals
are piled up and sleep on the floor. The cell is opened for only 1 1/2 hours
every day. The detainees have been denied blankets and the prison
administration refuses to allow medicine for patients specially that most of them
suffer from chronic diseases and need a continuous and close medical follow up.
Dr. Mohammed Ramadan, who is
in charge of El Shater's medical treatment, said the MB Deputy had
trouble breathing several times inside the prison cell due to the high level of
humidity and inadequate ventilation inside the prison cell which is closed all
the time and the air is polluted by cigarette smoking from many of the criminal
prisoners he is confined with.
Dr. Ramadan pointed out that
the State Security Police, which oversees the detention of political prisoners,
refused to allow a blood sugar and blood pressure machines inside the prison to
monitor his treatment. Dr. Ramadan added that Al-Shater prior to his arrest,
was scheduled to have a cardiac cathetarization to examine the condition of his
heart's ciculation.
The Muslim Brotherhood
called on the Human Rights and civil society Organizations to react to this
humane issue, and demanded from the Egyptian government and the Ministry of
Interior to take into consideration the human rights of these well-reputed
citizens.
Who Is
Mohammed Khairat Saad Al- Shatter
- Born in Dakahleya on
Academic Qualifications
- B.Sc. of Civil Engineering,
- Master Degree in Construction Management,
- B.A from Anthropology Department, Faculty of
Arts,
- Islamic Studies diploma, Islamic Studies Institute,
1999
- Diploma in Social Work and NGOs, Faculty of
Economics and
- Political Science,
- Diploma in Business Administration, Faculty of
Commerce,
-Diploma in International Marketing, Faculty of
Commerce,
Professional Career
- Worked as an administrator in the Faculty of Engineering,
- In 1981, late president Sadat suspended him from working in the university
- In 1981 onwards he established his own business in
different areas and companies
- He currently runs his private group of companies, in
addition to being a board member in some major banks and companies
Political
and Islamic activities
- Khairat Al-Shatter started his political activities
as early as 1966 When he was a secondary school student
- He was a founding member of the general Islamic action in 1967
especially in Alexandria where he played pivotal role in establishing the
general Islamic awakening (Sahwa) starting early seventies
- He has been a Muslim Brotherhood member since
1974
- He took the lead in many Muslim Brotherhoodaffairs,
inter alia, Education, Human Development and Management
- He was elected member of Muslim Brotherhood Guidance
Bureau in 1995
- Al- Shatter has been to prison several times during
Nasser and Mubarak eras
- In 1968 after participation in the famous students
demonstrations that followed the 1967 War, he was kept in prison for four
months then dismissed from university .Right after he was released, he was
drafted into the Army in the
- In 1992 he was imprisoned for one year in the famous
Salsabeel case
- In 1995 he was sentenced to five years, along with
54 members of Muslim Brotherhood who were sentenced from three to five years;
he was released in July 2000
- In 2001 he was imprisoned for almost one year in
what was known as Imbaba group, a Muslim Brotherhood meeting
-
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University Professor
Detained in front of Patients
The Higher State Security Prosecution ordered, on
Monday at dawn, jailing three Muslim Brotherhood businessmen owning companies
and publishing houses for fifteen days pending trial.
Also, it ordered imprisoning Dr. Mohamed Baligh- a
conjunctivitis professor at
It is worth mentioning that the security services
launched a crackdown that targeted shutting down four Islamic publishing houses
and private companies belonging to Muslim Brotherhood members; it sealed off
the offices of the Islamic Publishing House, Al-Haram-based Dar Al-Bashaer,
Nasr City-based E’lam book store, and Dar Al-Tiba’a for publishing and
distributing, and its Qalyub-based store was shut down; the printing office
belonging to Dar Al-Tiba’a for publishing and distributing in 10th of Ramadan
City and its offices in Nasr City were also shut down.
The security forces arrested Ahmed Ashraf, the
manager of the Islamic Publishing House and Aktham Al Tawil, the owner of Dar
Al Bashaer who was released later.
Also the security forces
shut down a number of private companies owned by Muslim Brotherhood members,
including Al-Hayat Pharmaceutical company whose manager and owner, Dr. Mohamed
Hafez, was arrested; it also arrested Eng. Ahmed Shousha, owner of contracting
company, Hassan Malek who owns an importing and exporting company, along with
20 workers who were in his two flats, and confiscating some belongings and cash
up to 165 thousand pounds ($28000)!!
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Dr. Morsi: Gov’t Breaks Political Reform
Promises with Latest Detentions
Dr. Mohamed Morsi, the
Muslim Brotherhood’s Executive Bureau member, confirmed that the crackdown of
arrests launched by Egyptian security services on Tuesday at dawn disagrees
with the regime’s promises of holding democratic and political reforms.
Morsi said, in a statement
to Ikhwanweb, that these detentions- that took place in the governorates of
Sharqiya, Gharbiya and Dakahlia- come at a time Egypt prepares for huge
constitutional amendments which are supposed- according to government
confirmations- to lead to more political reform;
However, what happens proves
the opposite, confirming that the regime’s confirmations about reform are only
hollow promises, and that the regime insists on curbing any political activity
that opposes it, specially the Muslim Brotherhood’s.
“If the regime”, he points
out, “seeks a real democratic and political reform, it should allow freedoms
and release all political detainees, to hold an effective democratic dialogue
from which Egypt may benefit on political, economic and social levels.
Dr. Morsi confirmed that
while the government is giving a blind eye to the prevalent corruption in all
fields and organizations, it carries out such security campaigns against
well-reputed, efficient and honest people who aim only at serving
The MB leader calls on concerned
authorities to reconsider such measures that eventually serve only enemies who
are scheming against us and want
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