Revolutionary socialist Mahienour el-Massry and eight other activists have been sentenced to two years’ jail by Egypt’s military regime.
Their “crime” was to organise a demonstration in violation of new anti-protest laws that came into force late in 2013.
El-Massry has a long history as an activist and played a leading role in the campaign to expose the role of the security forces in the horrific murder of Khaled Sa’id. Sa’id was beaten to death in Alexandria in 2010. The protests which followed his murder played a key role in galvanising opposition to President Hosni Mubarak in the lead-up to the 2011 revolution.
El-Massry, a lawyer, was arrested and beaten by the police in March 2013, after she went to represent arrested demonstrators at a police station in Alexandria.
Take action now:
Write to the Egyptian authorities to call for the immediate release of Mahienour el-Massry and all other political detainees. Thousands of Egyptians have been jailed for exercising their right to protest.
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