Ibrahim Eissa On Egypt’s Sick Dictatorship
IN Egypt, there is no freedom of speech:
Ibrahim Eissa, editor of the independent daily al-Dustor, was originally convicted in March and sentenced to six months on charges of reporting and publishing false information that questioned the health of 80-year-old President Hosni Mubarak. The judges at the time ruled that a series of articles he published threatened national stability and caused foreign investors to pull their money out of the country.
What money?
Ibrahim Eissa .. it started in Ramadan and it ended in Ramadan
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September 28th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Good question.
On the other hand, you omitted to mention the slightly more cheerful news that the jail sentence was reduced to 2 months, which Ibrahim Eissa has said he will complete.
Meanwhile, still on the question of freedom of speech, an outsider in the race for most ludicrous spokesperson ever, Sugule Ali , has taken up the challenge.
Ali is speaking on behalf of the Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter carrying Kenyan military weapons, and are currently surrounded by a number of rather cross warships from a number of nations.
‘”It is true we are surrounded by three foreign military vessels and there are some others we can see (in the) distance,” he said.
“We are not afraid of their presence, that will not make us to abandon the ship or to refrain from asking (for) the money,”
The money is $20 million, and Ali objects to this being described as ransom:
‘”We are not pirates, we are just protecting our natural marine resources. Some countries want to make our waters a dumping site for the industry of the West. We are supported by the local community.”
Perhaps he’s hoping to follow in Obama’s footsteps…
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080928/twl-somalia-unrest-piracy-shipping-4bdc673.html