www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=11508 Egypt releases Muslim Brotherhood members ISN SECURITY WATCH (20/06/05) - Egyptian State Prosecution on Saturday released on bail 463 members of the Muslim Brotherhood militant group who were arrested in May.
Police are still holding 43 of the suspects in custody. According to Egyptian officials, the suspected militants were arrested for illegally staging demonstrations in the capital, Cairo, and other regions across the country. The men are charged with membership in a banned group, attacking police, and disseminating propaganda. The indictment against them also said they had chanted provocative slogans and caused traffic to slow during demonstrations last month. In May, the Muslim Brotherhood held nationwide demonstrations calling for an end to the government's Emergency Law, which the group says restricts political activity. The government has defended the law - which it used to arrest and some Brotherhood members and keep them in custody without charges - saying its purpose was only to combat terrorism and drug trafficking. The Muslim Brotherhood emerged in 1928 and was banned by the Egyptian government in the 1950s. It is seeking to establish Sharia law in Egypt. It claims to be non-violent. The group has accused the government of failing to seriously tackle reforms and restricting political opposition from running in the country's first multi- candidate elections, planned for September. Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities on Friday arrested two men who were passing out leaflets expressing opposition to another term for President Hosni Mubarak or a transfer of power to his son, Gamal Mubarak, news agencies reported. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
