Egypt to try 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, over funds. CAIRO (AP) — Ignoring a stern U.S. threat, Egypt on Sunday referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial before a criminal court for allegedly using illegal foreign funds to foment unrest. The decision marked a sharp escalation of the dispute between Cairo and Washington over Egypt‘s crackdown on U.S.
-funded groups promoting democracy and human rights. The two countries have been close allies for more than three decades, but the campaign against the organizations has angered Washington and jeopardized the $1.5 billion in aid Egypt is set to receive from the U.S. this year. On Saturday, U.S. “We are doing our best to contain this but … we cannot actually exercise any influence on the investigating judges right now when it comes to the investigation,” Mr. Among the Americans sent to trial is Sam LaHood, the head of the Egypt office of the Washington-based International Republican Institute and the son of U.S. All 43 have been banned from leaving the country. Em2t12. Tahrir spirit fades as early results show Islamist gains in Egypt.
#OpEYEHunter. New Egyptian President. Mona El-Tahawy. Egypt ruling junta calls for crisis talks. Egypt ruling junta calls for crisis talks Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:0AM Egypt black-garbed security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition. The Egyptian ruling military council has called for crisis talks with political parties after it rejected the resignation of the civilian government in the third day of violence in the country. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) issued a statement, saying they “invited all the political and national forces for an emergency dialogue,” Egypt's publicly-funded MENA news agency reported on Tuesday. At least 33 people have been killed and more than 1,830 others injured since clashes flared up on Saturday. SCAF took power in February after the regime of former dictator Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a popular revolution.
It has refused to hand over power to a civilian power structure as it had promised to, triggering mass protests across the country. US admits Egypt's Mubarak was 'dictator' US admits Egypt's Mubarak was dictator Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak The United Stated has for the first time admitted that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a close ally of Washington in the Middle East for decades, was indeed a dictator. White House spokesman Jay Carney made the remarks in Washington on Monday while commenting on the latest spate of violence that has hit Egypt. He said the US is deeply concerned about the violence, adding it was "important to step back and remember how far Egypt has traveled this year.
Carney's comments came on the third day of clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square that has left scores of people dead. Egyptian Health Ministry said, 24 people have been killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and military forces in Cairo whereas the country's medical sources put the death toll at 35. Egyptian police have been firing rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in the iconic square, leaving hundreds injured.
Egypt Justifies Attacks On Protesters By Pointing To...America. COMBINED SYSTEM Inc Tear Gas To Egypt. US Firm's Teargas Used Against Tahrir Square Protesters. The teargas used by interior ministry troops in Cairo's Tahrir Square is supplied by a US company. Demonstrators say cartridges retrieved from the scene are branded with the name and address of Combined Systems Inc (CSI). A protester throws a teargas canister back at riot police during clashes near Tahrir Square on Monday. (Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) The firm is located in Jamestown, Pennsylvania. It specializes in supplying what it calls "crowd control devices" to armies and "homeland security agencies" around the world. It also manufactures lethal military equipment. Protesters say the CS gas seems more powerful than that used by Egyptian police during the country's last popular uprising in February.
Experts told the Guardian the gas was likely to be standard CS gas, but the effects could be exacerbated by physical exertion. As well as the effects of the teargas, protesters have suffered grave injuries to their heads and faces from rubber bullets. قناة دريم :: Online2Watch. Egyptian police injure dozens in Cairo. Egyptian police injure dozens in Cairo Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:6PM Dozens of people have been injured after Egyptian police used tear gas to break up a sit-in in the capital city of Cairo, Press TV reports. Police fired tear gas at protesters in the Liberation Square on Saturday. Clashes between riot police and protesters broke out after security forces tore down the tents and confiscated banners in the iconic square. Hundreds of thousands of protesters had gathered in the square on Friday to voice their opposition to the country's military rulers. The country's most organized political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has said that it will continue putting pressure on the military council until the date for the transition of power to a civilian government is set for no later than mid-2012.
Demonstrators also demanded the lifting of emergency laws and an end to the military trials of civilians. Egypt is set to begin parliamentary elections on Nov. 28. The latest victim of torture in Egypt "Graphic" Essam Atta , a 23 years old man from Egypt whom I do not know what he did on February 25th ,2011 but he was arrested by military police and faced a military trial he should not face. Atta was sentenced two years in jail where he was spending at the Tora prison “following the ministry of interior and civilian police” The No for military trials’ lawyers were working on appealing the military court so soon.
From couple of hours ago human rights activists knew that Essam Atta died and his body was at the Kasr Al Aini hospital , later they knew from his family as well from other inmates that Atta was tortured till by policemen in jail for smuggling a SIM card for his mobile phone. He was sodomized with water pipes. Lawyer Malek Adly who saw the body at the Kasr Al Aini’s morgue said that there were no bruises but he was leaking water !! Here is extreme emotional and graphic video showing Essam's mom after seeing her son's body. Egypt SE Stock Market Indices.
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