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Egypten: Alaa fængsles 15 dage mere
Den egyptiske blogger Alaa El-Fatah, der sammen med sin kone driver hjemmesiden Manal and Alaa's bit bucket og har været med til at kickstarte udbredelsen af weblogs (og fri software, bl.a. Linux)
i Egypten, sidder fortsat fængslet, efter han som tidligere omtalt blev anholdt ved en fredelig demonstration d. 7. maj, dvs. for næsten en måned siden.
Sagen blev omtalt i Time Magazine for en uges tid siden - Time's journalist opsummerede dengang situationen således:
Three days before he was arrested at an anti-regime protest in downtown Cairo, award-winning Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fatah told TIME he knew he might pay a price for speaking out, but said he had developed a taste for freedom of speech and would not give up so easily.I går besluttede anklagemyndigheden så at forlænge fængslingen (angiveligt for at "forstyrre trafikken" og den slags til en fredelig demonstration i protest mod indgreb i domstolenes uafhængighed, beskyttelse af valgsvindel og tidligere ulovlige og uberettigede anholdelser) for yderligere femten dage; Alaas hustru Manal skriver på deres fælles weblog:
"For the core group of activists, which is growing, there is absolutely no fear anymore," said the 24-year-old activist. "I mean, there is of course fear when the moment happens, but its not the fear that makes you stay home — you go back again."
Almost a month later, Abdel Fatah is still in jail ...
We spent the whole day today in front of the state security prosecution office.Som Elijah Zarwan forklarer, ses de mange anholdelser og den aktuelle forlængelse som et led i en meget ubehagelig udvikling for frihed og reformer i Egypten, hvor Mubarak og hans folk alt for længe har haft monopol på magten:
Asmaa, Ahmed Abdel Ghafar and Ahmed Abdel Gawad got released...
Alaa, Rasha and Nada got a renewal of another 15 days (they have already spent 30 days in prison)
Renewing them another 15 days could go on forever.
yesterday I didnt know what I'll do if Alaa doesnt get released...
Despite the brutal heat-wave that’s settled on Cairo over the past few days, there’s a chill in the air. The Muslim Brotherhood reports nine more of its members were arrested today. Close observers of the Brotherhood fear the government is preparing a full-scale crackdown on the organization (beyond the hundreds detained over the past month). Beneath the bravado, the shebab Kifaya who have been released from prison seem understandably shaken by the experience. Every professional human rights activist I’ve met over the past week seems at least somewhat concerned that his organization might be targeted next. They seem to be holding their breath. Meanwhile, the assorted people I’ve met in cafes or in taxis seem to be more dissatisfied than they seemed a month ago, more vehement in their criticisms of the government. Perhaps it’s just the heat and the smog. But I haven’t been hearing as much laughter in the streets, and I miss it.Alaa selv skrev selv for snart to uger siden om oplevelsen af at være i fængsel og ikke kunne gøre noget ved det, på et tidspunkt hvor han stadig håbede på at komme hurtigt ud:
Now that i'm confident I'll be out in a few days I don't feel that bad. but still I heard and read many tales of prison. On the surface it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, but on the other hand it doesn't feel like the transformative experience it is told to be.Alaa har nu udsigt til at sidde mindst 45 dage, og for hvad? For at have den frækhed at deltage i en fredelig demonstration mod ulovlige anholdelser og diktatoriske overgreb i et land, vi eller ofte hører lovprist som et "relativt demokratisk" mellemøstligt land, et dejligt og sikkert ferieland og en kampfælle i krigen mod terror.
It didn't make me stronger, it didn't make me believe more in "the cause". I still fail to see myself as an activist let alone a freedom fighter or a monadel.
(...)
How can one explain jail, it's a bizarre place that belongs to a weird technological age where Tvs were invented but chairs weren't, where cats look like prisoners and where guilty serial killers are more courteous than Innocent bankers.
Prison is fucking boring and I can't wait to be out.
Hvor er vore egne medier og vor egen regering henne i denne sag?
