340 Parliamentary Bloc on New Muslim Brotherhood Detentions
Speaker of the People’s Assembly Fathi Sorour, who recently went on record as saying that terrorism should not be a justification for violating human rights, on Dec. 5 refused to allow discussion of State Security’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood in Menoufia. This according to an item from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Web site (sorry to be late with this; busy with work and still sorting through last week’s email):
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Loose translation:
On Dec. 5, 2006, Speaker of the People’s Assembly Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour refused to allow the Muslim Brotherhood’s parliamentary bloc to discuss an urgent statement regarding State Security’s recent crackdown against the organization in Menoufia. A large number of citizens were arrested and are still subject to torture in unknown locations. The Muslim Brotherhood strongly objected to Dr. Sorour’s position and demanded the discussion of this important issue. In an urgent statement addressed to the Minister of Interior, the Muslim Brotherhood representative in Menoufia had said that 40 people from the governorate had been detained and tortured. Their jailors applied electricty to sensitive areas of their bodies and forced them to remain standing, blindfolded, with their hands raised for a full day.
I need more information. If the detainees have been kept in unknown locations, for example, how does anyone know what happened to them in custody? An editor of the Brotherhood’s English-language site recently left a comment on this blog. If you’re still reading, could you please elaborate? [Never mind. Just re-read the English statement, which says the allegations of torture come from released detainees. The English statement lists only 21 names, though. Is there an updated list?]
For more on the Muslim Brotherhood in Parliament, see this article by Samer Shehata and Josh Stacher in the Fall 2006 MERIP.
[tags]Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood[/tags]
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