World Briefing | Middle East
Egypt: Critic of Morsi Is Jailed
By BEN HUBBARD
Published: May 1, 2013
Egyptian authorities jailed an anti-Islamist activist late Tuesday on charges that included insulting President Mohamed Morsi, state news media said. After turning himself in to prosecutors, the activist, Ahmed Douma, was transferred to a prison to be held for four days. Mr. Douma has been a vocal critic of Mr. Morsi and his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood, using social media and joining anti-Islamist protests. Human rights groups have accused Mr. Morsi and his allies of targeting their critics in politically motivated prosecutions — a charge Mr. Morsi's aides deny.
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on behalf of Egypt Corporate Lawyers and as per the request of the majority of our lawyers we strongly condemn such arrest, and we urge all competent authorities to release him immediately and we hereby warn them all that if Doma is not released as soon as we believe is reasonable, we are of the opinion of suing everyone responsible for such arrest and we are going to defend his rights to the maximum extent allowed by Law. We further warn authorities that if Doma is under any kind of torture or abuse of his basic human rights we are to claim criminal liability and civil compensation and we are taking it to the highest governmental levels.
Mohamed E. Shaheen
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