September 14, 2011

Five letters to help free Maikel Nabil


Choose whatever suits you best - a letter send by fax or post - commenting on the SCAF page - writing a mail to the Prime Minister - or ALL - but please TAKE ACTION!

This blogger is unjustly arrested in military prison in Cairo for writing a blogpost! He is on hunger strike and currently in bad health in the prison hospital. His family is NOT allowed to visit him! They refuse them any information! We must help him or he might die!

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1.  Letter to Military General Attorney

Please copy this into a word doc, print, sign - and send off by fax or postal service


Military General Attorney
Major-General Medhat Radwan
Military Judicial Department
Cairo, EGYPT

Fax: (+20) 22 412 0980 (ask for fax)


Dear General Attorney,

I hereby urgently call upon you to immediately and unconditionally release Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in prison hospital. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!

Your sincerely

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 2.  Letter to Director of Military Judiciary

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Director of Military Judiciary
Major-General Ahmed Abd Allah
Military Judicial Department
Cairo, EGYPT

Fax:  (+20) 22 402 4468   or   (+20) 22 411 3452


Dear Director,

I hereby urgently call upon you to immediately and unconditionally release Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in prison hospital. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!

Your sincerely

SIGNATURE


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3.  Comment for the SCAF facebook page

Please copy this text into a comment box underneath the most recent statements of the SCAF on their facebook page. You can comment many times. For higher impact put this text into three consecutive comment boxes.   > SCAF Facebook page


I hereby urgently call upon the SCAF to immediately and unconditionally release Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in prison hospital. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!


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4.  Mail to PM Essam Sharaf

Please copy this text into your mail programm and send to the PM's mail address (he likes to get your mails, he writes on his web-site!)   > mail to PM


Dear Prime Minister,

I hereby urgently ask you to engage yourself in the immediate and unconditional release of the blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in prison hospital. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death! But his death - as already now his jailing and critical health condition - will tarnish Egypt's reputation throughout the world!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and call upon the SCAF to release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!

In Tahrir sq. you vowed to be on the side of the revolution. The imprisonment of a blogger is not what this revolution fought for. Nor - as you can imagine - is his injury or even his death!

Your sincerely

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5.  Letter to Field Marshall Tantawi - Head of SCAF

Please copy this into a word doc, print, sign - and send off by fax or postal service


Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Commander-in-Chief and chairman of the
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Cairo, Egypt


Fax: (+20) 22 574 8822 - or - (+20) 22 291 6227


Dear Field Marshal Tantawi,

I hereby urgently call upon you to immediately and unconditionally release Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in a deteriorating health situation. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!

Your sincerely

SIGNATURE

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September 09, 2011

Protest against restriction of TV channels in Egypt


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Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, made the following statement on yesterday's decision of Egypt's transitional authorities to restrict permits for satellite channels:

"I am deeply disappointed by Thursday's decision of Egypt's Military Council and the cabinet of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to restrict access to satellite channels.

This decision puts Egypt's path towards fair, free and pluralist elections in jeopardy. It sends a negative signal with regard to the commitment of Egypt's authorities to freedom of expression and media. True democracy lives from pluralism of visions, programmes and proposals.

Criticism should not be feared, but used to mobilise political leaders to seek policies to the benefit of the people. Persecuting those who voice their critical opinions - journalists, bloggers, activists - cannot be justified."

I urge you to take this statement very seriously. Egypt is losing its dignity in the world. The image is tarnished by the SCAF and their military rule enough. It is incomprehensible why you as Prime Minister who vowed to be on the side of the revolution allowed this to happen.

The President of the European Parliament has spoken clear and well. If we lose the support of the EU and the world, Egypt will not be well off.

Please ensure that the above mentioned measures regarding curbing free speech and free press will not go in effect!

Sincerely


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Press release by President of the European Parliament

September 06, 2011

World Press Reporting on Maikel Nabil

Jailed Egyptian Blogger on Hunger Strike Now in Critical Condition
Pulitzer Centre on Crisis Reporting (Washington DC, USA)
08.09.2011

Fears for Egyptian blogger on hunger strike in jail
The National (Dubai, UAE)
05.09.2011

Blogger im Hungerstreik
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich, Germany)
05.09.2011

Un blogueur égyptien risque de périr en prison
Generation Nouvelles Technologies (Paris, France)
05.09.2011

Media watchdog warns jailed blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad may die
The Australian (Sydney, Australia)
04.09.2011

Free Maikel Nabil Sanad!
European Youth Forum (Brussels, Belgium)
04.09.2011

Unjustly detained blogger, on hunger strike, could die in prison 
Reporters Without Borders (Paris, France)
03.09.2011

International action day organized for imprisoned blogger on hunger strike
Daily News Egypt (Cairo, Egypt)
02.09.2011

الموت يتهدد حياة أول سجين رأي في مصر بعد الثورة
Deutsche Welle (Cologne, Germany)
02.09.2011

Ägyptischer Blogger kämpft um seine Freilassung
Tagesspiegel (Berlin, Germany)
01.09.2011

Egyptian Blogger Imprisoned for Facebook Comment on Hunger Strike
Amnesty International (New York, US)
01.09.2011

Hunger striking blogger’s health and prison conditions much worse
Reporters Without Borders (Paris, France)
01.09.2011

Jailed Egyptian blogger on hunger strike
Committee to Protect Journalists (New York, US)
31.08.2011

Jailed blogger on hunger strike, health failing
IFEX (Toronto, Canada)
27.08.2011

September 04, 2011

Maikel Nabil: Letter to Military General Attorney


Please copy this into a word doc, print, sign and send off by fax or snail mail


Military General Attorney
Major-General Medhat Radwan
Military Judicial Department
Cairo, EGYPT

Fax: (+20) 22 412 0980 (ask for fax)


Dear General Attorney,

I hereby urgently call upon you to immediately and unconditionally release Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in prison hospital. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!

Your sincerely

SIGNATURE


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Maikel Nabil: Letter to Director of Military Judiciary


Please copy this into a word doc, print, sign and send off by fax or snail mail


Director of Military Judiciary
Major-General Ahmed Abd Allah
Military Judicial Department
Cairo, EGYPT

Fax:  (+20) 22 402 4468   or   (+20) 22 411 3452


Dear Director,

I hereby urgently call upon you to immediately and unconditionally release Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in prison hospital. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!

Your sincerely

SIGNATURE


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Maikel Nabil: Comment for the SCAF facebook page


Please copy this text into a comment box underneath the most recent statements of the SCAF on their facebook page. You can comment many times. For higher impact put this text into three consecutive comment boxes.   > SCAF Facebook page


I hereby urgently call upon the SCAF to immediately and unconditionally release Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in prison hospital. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!


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Maikel Nabil: Mail to PM Essam Sharaf


Please copy this text into your mail programm and send to the PM's mail address (he likes to get your mails, he writes on his web-site!)   > mail to PM


Dear Prime Minister,

I hereby urgently ask you to engage yourself in the immediate and unconditional release of the blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been unfairly tried in a military court, although he is a civilian. He was sentenced in absence both of him and his lawyers to 3 years in military jail - merely for expressing his critical opinion on the way the Egyptian army dealt with protesters. This criticism has been on the internet a thousand times by many bloggers. There is no justification to jail this one blogger for his critical views that many others too have expressed without having been arrested and sentenced. It is also a violation of the Interim Constitutional Declaration that the SCAF has guaranteed to the Egyptian people to be valid and respected by the army!

Maikel Nabil Sanad has been in hunger and thirst strike, has suffered a coma and is in prison hospital. His life is in danger. Should anything happen to him, the SCAF will be fully responsible for his injuries or even his death! But his death - as already now his jailing and critical health condition - will tarnish Egypt's reputation throughout the world!

Please ensure immediately that Maikel Nabil Sanad is receiving adequate medical care and call upon the SCAF to release him on the grounds that no civilian in the post-revolutionary Egypt should be sentenced in an unfair military trial for expressing his personal views and opinions!

In Tahrir sq. you vowed to be on the side of the revolution. The imprisonment of a blogger is not what this revolution fought for. Nor - as you can imagine - is his injury or even his death!

Your sincerely

SIGNATURE


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