Tag: #FreeAlaa
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#FreeAlaa: Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah on hunger strike protesting his continued illegal detention
Civil society organizations, lawyers, journalists, and activists are urging the release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, and in response to COVID-19, immediate measures to protect Egypt’s prison population.…
29 April 2020
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#الحريّة_لعلاء: الناشط المصري علاء عبد الفتاح يضرب عن الطعام احتجاجا على استمرار اعتقاله غير القانوني
المقال باللغة الإنجليزية. نحن الموقعون أدناه، منظمات المجتمع المدني، محامون، صحفيون وناشطون نطالب السلطات المصرية بالإفراج الفوري وغير المشروط عن صديقنا الشجاع، المدافع عن حقوق الإنسان والمدون علاء عبد الفتاح. يخوض علاء منذ تاريخ ١٢ أبريل/أفريل إضراباً عن الطعام احتجاجاً…
29 April 2020
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Statement from detained Egyptian blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah
Today, Access kicked off the third installation of our RightsCon conference series in San Francisco, with more than 600 people from 375 organizations and comapnies in attendance, representing 50 countries. One person who was not here is Alaa Abd El Fattah, of Egypt.
Alaa joined us at the first RightsCon, in 2011, as a keynote speaker on the relationship – often complex – among technology, activism, and true social justice. When he left RightsCon, he flew straight back to Egypt, to serve an unjust, politically motivated prison sentence.
Today, he is in prison again — again, without justice or cause. His family shared the following statement with us to share today.…
3 March 2014
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Call for the release of Alaa Abd El Fattah and all those unjustly detained in Egypt
The military “interim government” in Egypt is cracking down on any meaningful form of assembly, association, or opposition. Following the passage of a November 2013 law banning peaceful protest, dozens of activists and organizers have been sent to prison. Among them is Alaa Abd El Fattah, software guru, blogger and political activist. We join dozens of other civil society organizations in calling for the release of Alaa and all those unjustly detained in Egypt.…
23 January 2014