[E-rundbrief] Info 1034 - Action-Day for Egyptian Pacifist

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1034 - War Resisters’ International, Connection 
e.V. and DFG-VK Hessen: Call for an International Day of Action for 
Egyptian Pacifist Maikel Nabil Sanad - 9 September 2011.

Bad Ischl, 11.8.2011

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Call for an International Day of Action for Egyptian Pacifist Maikel 
Nabil Sanad - 9 September 2011

War Resisters’ International, Connection e.V. and DFG-VK Hessen call 
for an International Day of Action for imprisoned Egyptian 
conscientious objector, critic of the military and blogger Maikel 
Nabil Sanad. We ask groups and organisations to join the actions on 9 
September 2011: Free Maikel Nabil Sanad.

On 10 April 2011 Maikel Nabil Sanad was sentenced by an Egyptian 
military court to three years imprisonment, because he was one of the 
first to criticise the role of the military. In his blog he reported 
on ongoing human rights violations and the political influence of the 
Egyptian military during and after the revolution. The prison sentence 
was pronounced in absence of his lawyers, friends and family.

The case of Maikel Nabil Sanad is only the tip of the iceberg. Besides 
Maikel Nabil Sanad, thousands of other activists have been arrested, 
tortured, and sentenced by the military since the revolution. In doing 
so, the military is attempting to crash the revolutionary movement, 
which is now turning against the role of the military in Egypt. 
Especially the sentencing of civilians by military courts in 
fast-track trials, often lasting less than five minutes, is a clear 
sign of a completely absence of a state of law, and a disregard of the 
Supreme Council's public statements to uphold human rights.

War Resisters' International, Connection e.V., and DFG-VK Hessen call 
for an international day of action to show the international public 
support for Maikel Nabil Sanad, whose imprisonment is a symbol for the 
lack of freedom of speech, and the military crackdown on the 
opposition in Egypt. With the day of action, we call for the immediate 
release of Maikel Nabil Sanad and all other imprisoned nonviolent 
revolutionaries and critics of the military.

War Resisters' International, Connection e.V., DFG-VK Hessen, August 2011

For the international day of action, War Resisters' International, 
Connection e.V., and DFG-VK Hessen have put together background 
information and materials for action. Besides already available Maikel 
Nabil Sanad's declaration of conscientious objection and his report 
"The army and the people never were as one", materials for actions can 
soon be found at:

http://wri-irg.org/campagins/supportmaikelnabil
http://www.connection-ev.de/z.php?ID=1416

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