Egypt's Ruling Cabal Starts Cracking Down on Liberals And Labor Organizers

[cali]

Having crushed the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian authorities have begun cracking down on other dissenters, sometimes labeling even liberal activists or labor organizers as dangerous Islamists.

Ten days ago, the police arrested two left-leaning Canadians — one of them a filmmaker specializing in highly un-Islamic movies about sexual politics — and implausibly announced that they were members of the Brotherhood, the conservative Islamist group backing the deposed president, Mohamed Morsi. In Suez this month, police and military forces breaking up a steelworkers strike charged that its organizers were part of a Brotherhood plot to destabilize Egypt.

On Saturday, the chief prosecutor ordered an investigation into charges of spying against two prominent activists associated with the progressive April 6 group.

When a journalist with a state newspaper spoke publicly about watching a colleague’s wrongful killing by a soldier, prosecutors appeared to fabricate a crime to punish the journalist. And the police arrested five employees of the religious Web site Islam Today for the crime of describing the military takeover as a coup, security officials said.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/world/middleeast/egypt-widens-crackdown-and-meaning-of-islamist.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

It was a coup and fuck the military. Long live April 6.

[cali]

1. Add ElBaradei to the list

He's being investigated for "betraying the public trust".

Yes, Al-Sissi and the military are are abusing power fucking worse than Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.

[kelliekat44]

6. As soon as he resigned, we shoul have cut off aid. nt

[Scootaloo]

2. Well, this was completely predictable

Every DU'er who cheered the massacres of two weeks ago, every DU'er who was furiously whacking off to the power and majesty of el-Sisi's new junta, every DU'er who justified, excused, and lauded the coup, read this.

the crime of describing the military takeover as a coup

Read it over, and over, and over again.

Describing a coup as a coup is an arrestable offense now. There's what you wanted for the Egyptians, you shitty motherfuckers. Hope you're all very happy with yourselves.

[cali]

3. Yes, it surely was.

The cheering on DU for this military coup was sick and disgusting.

They need to chew on this and admit that they were WRONG.

[redgreenandblue]

9. They won't.

Not their style.

[cali]

11. You're probably right

but I think I'll just keep kicking the living hell out of this op.

[kelliekat44]

13. Me too. And I do hope that the President will not allow himself to be pushed into supporting

a very bad regime.

[cali]

14. I hope not, but I don't have a lot of confidence in that

[cali]

4. Oh, look who else these brutal fucks are cracking down on

Egypt’s Military-Backed Government Cracks Down on Syrian Refugees

Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/08/24/egypts-military-backed-government-cracks-down-on-syrian-refugees/#ixzz2cyCw3GI0

[redgreenandblue]

5. About a week ago, some prominent DUers were applauding Egypt's military

for, to paraphrase, its "pragmatic steps to ensure that no theocracy happens".

It was the most overt advocation of totalitarian rule that I have ever seen on DU.

Calling them out personally would be against the rules I guess. But come to think, it was in an OP that you started, so you probably know who they are.

[cali]

8. Vile that anyone here would stand up for a military coup and mass murder

more than a few have.

they're disgusting.

[cali]

7. and then there are these two Canadians

Toronto-based documentary maker John Greyson (pictured) has been arrested in Egypt, according to multiple international reports.

Greyson, whose doc Fig Trees won a Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival, was arrested on Friday (August 16), along with Tarek Loubani, an Ontario-based emergency room doctor.

The pair were in Egypt en route to Gaza, with Greyson exploring the possibility of making a documentary on the work Loubani was to undertake. With the border crossing closed, the two men became stranded in Egypt.

Caitlin Workman, a spokesperson for the department of foreign affairs, told the Toronto Star that the government was aware of the arrests. “The embassy in Cairo is in contact with local authorities and we are prepared to provide consular assistance,” she said.

Read more: http://realscreen.com/2013/08/19/canadian-doc-maker-greyson-arrested-in-egypt/#ixzz2cyFOwyCL


and they've been charged with all kinds of bullshit:

http://metronews.ca/news/london/771767/london-doctor-tarek-loubani-accused-of-having-explosives/

From Wiki:

John Greyson (born March 13, 1960 in Nelson, British Columbia)[1] is a Canadian filmmaker, whose work frequently deals with gay themes. Greyson is also a video artist, writer and activist; he is currently a professor at York University, where he teaches film and video theory and film production and editing. He is openly gay.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greyson

[quakerboy]

10. Can we stop sending them

any aid that can be used for military purposes yet?

[cali]

12. Senator Leahy claims that we have

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/19/senator-obama-administration-secretly-suspended-military-aid-to-egypt.html

[kelliekat44]

15. This ought to help the President make up his mind about what to do next. Also in Syria.

I have the feeling...and there are some reports...that the chemical use has been by the rebels as a stash of chemical weapons held by the opposition was accidently set off by bombs.

[blkmusclmachine]

16. .

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[cali]

17. kick for all of du's rah rah coup military massacre supporters

[cali]

18. and another kick. this is an enlightening piece.