(English version below) L’ONG Arab Monitor basée à Londres lance un cri d’alarme, à la veille du verdict d’une cour d’appel égyptienne, qui doit statuer jeudi sur le sort de 16 journalistes lourdement condamnés en première instance pour avoir rendu compte des terribles massacres perpétrés en 2013 par le dictateur Abdelfattah al-Sissi, le chouchou de Fabius, Valls et Hollande.
Le procès est connu sous le nom “d’affaire Rabaa”, du nom de la place Rabaa al Adawiya au Caire, où, le 14 août 2013, des dizaines de milliers d’hommes, femmes et enfants rassemblés pour protester contre le coup d’Etat qui avait renversé un mois plus tôt le premier président démocratiquement élu de l’histoire égyptienne, Mohamed Morsi, furent massacrés par l’armée, selon un plan preparé aux plus hauts niveaux de l’appareil d’Etat.
Selon l’ONG Human Rights Watch, qui a produit la video ci-dessous (en langue anglaise), au moins 817 civils furent massacrés ce jour-là sur la seule place Rabaa, et des milliers d’autres blessés. Ailleurs au Caire et dans le reste du pays, la répression consécutive au coup d’Etat du 3 juillet fit au cours de l’été des centaines de morts supplémentaires, des milliers de blessés, et des dizaines de milliers d’arrestations, le tout aux applaudissements d’une série de puissances, Arabie Saoudite et France en particulier.
Mais ce n’est pas assez pour Sissi et sa bande de tueurs : les journalistes égyptiens qui ont tenté de dénoncer et documenter les crimes de la soldatesque ont été à leur tour poursuivis pour “diffusion de fausses nouvelles mettant en cause la sûreté de l’Etat” !
Au cours d’un procès-mascarade en première instance, 15 d’entre eux ont été condamnés à la reclusion perpétuelle, tandis que le 16ème, Walid Shalabi, était carrément condamné à mort.
Voici la liste de ces journalistes, dont on parle décidemment bien peu au pays de “Je suis Charlie”.
1. Hany Salah El Din – Chief Editor at Al Youm El Saba’ (emprisonné)
2. Amr Farrag – Rasd Network Manager (en fuite)
3. Samehy Mostafa – Previous Rasd Network Manager (emprisonné)
4. Magdy Abdellatif – Ekhwan Online Web Site (en fuite)
5. Khaled Hamza – Chief Editor Ekhwan Online Web Site (emprisonné)
6. Ahmed Sobeia – Al Aqsa Chanel Office Manager (emprisonné)
7. Hassan Al Khabany – Journalist Alkharama Journal (emprisonné)
8. Ibrahim El Taher – Journalist Al Masaaia Journal (en fuite)
9. Mosaad Al Barbary – Executive Manager Misr 25 Channel (emprisonné)
10. Gamal Nassar – Writer Al Mokhtar Islamic Magazine (en fuite)
11. Abdullah al fakharany – Rasd Network (emprisonné)
12. Mohamed El Adly – Amjaad Satellite Channel (emprisonné)
13. Abdou Mostafa Desouky – Ekhwan Wiki Web Site Manager (emprisonné)
14. Waleed Abdel Raaouf Shalaby Freedom and Justice Journal (condamné à mort, emprisonné)
15. Ahmed Abd El Hafez – Documentary Movie Producer (en fuite)
16. Youssef Talaat – Youth Channel Editor (emprisonné)
Et voici le communiqué publié (en anglais) par Arab Monitor, à la veille du jugement d’appel.
A day before the appeal, Arab Monitor expresses its worries about the « Rabaa Room “ Journalists
London 2-12-2015
Many in the media today are anticipating, with deep concern, the pending verdict by the appeal court with regards to what has become known as the “Rabaa Room” case. The case involves 16 journalists who had initially been sentenced to life imprisonment, including Waleed Shalaby who is sentenced to death, with the decision expected tomorrow, December the 3rd.
Arab monitor has no doubt that this case, much like many in today’s Egypt, is one that is deeply motivated by the regime’s political agenda. This is an example of injustice issued against those who only wished to do their jobs freely, opposing the brutal and constant military interference in Egypt’s political life. These verdicts are nothing more than fear tactics being used by the coup regime, to attempt to silence the many journalists who have continued to portray the harsh truth reality of today’s Egypt. They want these journalists to voluntarily abandon their rights, for the sake of their own survival and safety, as well as that of their families’.
While the Egyptian government continues to insist that no journalists are imprisoned, the magnitude of oppression practiced against journalists in Egypt has reached new levels. Any claim made by the coup regime is absolutely false, as documentation so show that over 100 journalists are currently held behind bars, 11 of them being from the aforementioned case, other than the 5 who the authorities were unable to apprehend.
The Arab monitor urges and hopes that these journalists will be immediately released, especially given the fact that many need urgent medical treatment, some even surgeries, which the prison administration continues to disallow. This is despite the fact that the prisoners have offered to incur the expenses themselves.
The list of the accused journalists in the case are as follows:
10. Hany Salah El Din – Chief Editor at Al Youm El Saba’
11. Amr Farrag – Rasd Network Manager (not caught)
12. Samehy Mostafa – Previous Rasd Network Manager
13. Magdy Abdellatif – Ekhwan Online Web Site (not caught)
14. Khaled Hamza – Chief Editor Ekhwan Online Web Site
15. Ahmed Sobeia – Al Aqsa Chanel Office Manager
16. Hassan Al Khabany – Journalist Alkharama Journal
17. Ibrahim El Taher – Journalist Al Masaaia Journal (not caught)
18. Mosaad Al Barbary – Executive Manager Misr 25 Channel
10. Gamal Nassar – Writer Al Mokhtar Islamic Magazine (not caught)
11. Abdullah al fakharany – Rasd Network
12 Mohamed El Adly – Amjaad Satellite Channel
13 Abdou Mostafa Desouky – Ekhwan Wiki Web Site Manager
14 Waleed Abdel Raaouf Shalaby Freedom and Justice Journal
15 Ahmed Abd El Hafez – Documentary Movie Producer (not caught)
16 Youssef Talaat – Youth Channel Editor
The list of charges includes the spreading of false news, data and rumors concerning the internal situation of the country, through international information networks as well satellite channels. As well as the promotion of false scenes and photos that give the impression of injuries and fatalities amongst the demonstrators during the dispersal of the Rabaa sit in.
They are also accused of the widespread of false news, rumors and photos that provoke internal and external public opinion concerning the country’s condition. Moreover, among the charges, were the use of electronic web sites to communicate and promote incitement against the nation’s organizations, military and police.
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