وثيقة مبادئ العشر للحفاظ على ثورة 25 يناير

بيان ((مصريون حول العالم من أجل الديمقراطية والعدالة))

بشأن وثيقة المبادئ العشرة لتحقيق أهداف ثورة 25 يناير

تعلن اللجنة التنسيقية انها تدارست وثيقة المبادئ العشرة التي أصدرتها في بروكسيل أول أمس مجموعة من زملائنا المناضلين من اجل استعادة مسار الشرعية والديمقراطية للعودة لتحقيق أهداف ومطالب ثورة 25 يناير التي استهدفتها الثورة المضادة والانقلاب العسكري الدموي.

نحن نثمن هذه المبادئ العشرة الواردة في الوثيقة ونثمن اي دعوة لتوحيد جهود كل العاملين من أجل استعادة الديمقراطية ونهيب بهم وبكل من أدرك ويدرك ويرى مخاطر ووطأة الديكتاتورية والحكم العسكري على مستقبل مصر ان يبادروا بالاجتماع والتوحد مرة أخرى بعد أن انكشفت كل المؤامرات التي استهدفت تشتيت الشعب وبث الفرقة بين دعاة الديمقراطية.
اننا نرى أن هذه المبادئ العشرة على أهميتها تحتاج لحوار موسع بين كل قوى الثورة التي ستجتمع لوضع المزيد من التفاصيل والآليات التيستمكننا من تحقيق أهداف الثورة واستعادة وحدة كل القوى الثورية.

عن اللجنة التنسيقية 

د. اسامة رشدي، لندن
د. صفي الدين حامد ، واشنطن
م. ايهاب لطيّف، مونتريال
م. محمد كامل، مونتريال
ا. أماني ترك، كوبنهاجن

تنوه شبكة مصريون حول العالم من أجل الديموقراطية والعدالة إلى أنه ليس لها أية فروع وأنه لا يحق لأي أحد أن يدعي تمثيلها سوى ممثليها الشرعيين

Human Rights in Egypt | When will Canada's Detained Come Home?

Media Advisory
Human Rights in Egypt | When will Canada's Detained Come Home?

Ottawa April 26 & 27 - A panel of eyewitnesses, experts and academics speak on human rights violations, highlighting the cases of Khaled Al-Qazzaz and Mohammad Fahmy, and Press Conference.

• Canadian citizen Sarah Attia, whose husband Khaled Al-Qazzaz has been falsely imprisoned in Egypt, continues to raise awareness about his inadequate care and deteriorating health. Sarah Attia is urging the Canadian Government to do more to help bring justice for her husband and family while he is unlawfully imprisoned in Egypt.

• A member of Mohamed Fahmy’s family will give an eye-witness account of his situation and the conditions in Tora Prison, Cairo. Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy was taken prisoner December 29, 2013, when he was acting bureau chief for Al Jazeera English. This Sunday, April 27, is his birthday, to be spent for 23 hours in a dank cell.

• Hilary Homes from Amnesty International Canada will speak of the human rights violations taking place in Egypt. Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Canadian citizen and prisoner of conscience Mohamed Fahmy and the release from detention of detained Canadian permanent resident Khaled Al-Qazzaz who has been held without charge or trial for nine months.

• Dr. Monia Mazigh, a Canadian academic and human rights expert who campaigned tirelessly for the release of her husband, Maher Arar, when he was deported to Syria, tortured and held without charge, will also address the audience. Dr. Mazigh is author of Hope and Despair, a 2008 book about her pursuit of justice.

Hosted by the Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy (ECCD) at the University of Ottawa on Monday April 28 at 6:30 pm in the Faculty of Social Sciences (120 University Private), Room 1006.

Also, join Sarah Attia for a press conference at the Charles-Lynch Press Conference Room in Centre Block on Parliament Hill, on Tuesday April 29 at 10.30 am.

For more information:
Osama Elkhodary
(613) 265-6509
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Mr. Baird shouldn’t visit Egypt now

The Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy (ECCD) has learned that Mr. Baird will be visiting Egypt starting April 17 2014 and holding talks with representatives of “the interim government”, appointed by the military junta lead by Field Marshall Abdel Fatah Al Sisi.
 
Contrary to what Mr. Baird has declared earlier, that “We stand with the Egyptian people in their efforts to build a stable, inclusive, prosperous and democratic Egypt based on respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law,” this visit can be construed as an endorsement of all the well documented atrocities and egregious human rights violations committed in Egypt over the last 9 months under the stewardship of Field Marshall Al-Sisi.
 
In this respect, we urge Mr. Baird and the Canadian government not to turn a blind eye to such abuses, such as the detention of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and the death sentencing of 529 people in one court session.

Ottawa always had an uncompromising policy toward human rights violations taking place anywhere, and Egypt should not be an exception. We demand that Canada maintains the same standards towards Egypt rather than declare “this visit will signal Canada’s willingness to support Egypt during this important transition.”

As to the other issues mentioned on the DFAIT's website: “During his trip, he will discuss economic and security issues as well as important regional issues, including the situation in Iran and Syria and the Middle East peace process”, it is regretful to hear this since the present interim government in Egypt, which has illegally took control of the country from the democratically elected president, has neither the legitimacy nor the capacity to serve Canadian interests in Egypt or the region.

Furthermore, we fear that seeking close cooperation on ‘security’ matter with the interim government will undermine rather than enhance the security of Canadians traveling to the Middle-East.

Last, but not least, we foresee that this visit will be used by the interim government to gain credibility for implementing an inclusive process whereas in effect any opposing voice is ruthlessly suppressed. Canada should not be part of this travesty of democracy.

Thus, we ask that Mr. Baird reconsider his decision to visit Egypt at this time. 

For more information:
www.eccd.ca
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Samaa Elibyari: +1 (514) 288-8609

A Scream for Justice

Since the bloody military coup took place in Egypt on July 3^rd, 2013, the killings, arrests, and torture of Egyptians by the coup regime did not stop.  Every day, the coup shows the world more and more how ugly and savage its true face is.  Starting with the massacre of Rabaa, the largest massacre in Egyptian history, that claimed thousands of lives, to the daily killing of Egyptian University students, to the arrest and torture of a massive number of Egyptians that exceeded 22,000 so far, the coup is showing the world its bloody and savage nature.  All this is happening amid a deafening silence from the international community.  This suspicious silence encouraged the coup regime to sentence 26 pro-democracy supporters Egyptian to death last week with complete disrespect to the basic principles of justice.  Two days ago, on March 24th, an Egyptian judge, based on orders from the military, sentenced 529 pro-democracy Egyptians to death in a grotesque trial that lasted for only two sessions spanning only 20 minutes! The defendants were denied the right to deny the charges and no evidence whatsoever was presented.  It is ironic that several of those accused were killed by the military before the alleged crime took place. Some of them have been outside the country for years!

It has never happened before in Egyptian history that the country suffered from such a brutal level of injustice.  The leaders of the military coup, after removing the democratically elected president, are trying to get rid of all opposition using the Egyptian judiciary as their weapon in cold blood.

The Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy (ECCD) is calling on all free people around the world in the name of basic human values, freedom, and human rights to stand beside their brothers and sisters in Egypt who are struggling for freedom from an oppressive military regime.  We call on all free people around the world to pressure their governments to help stop the flood of spelt Egyptian blood and to press for a return to democracy in Egypt.

We call on reputable international organizations including the United Nations (UN), Amnesty International,  the International Human Rights Commission, and the International Criminal Tribunal to do all they can to stop the execution of the grotesque court rulings in Egypt.  We also call on them to interfere to end the massacres committed by the military and police force against pro-democracy supporters and to press for the release of all political detainees.  We also call on all international organizations to stop any cooperation with the military-controlled Egyptian government and to reduce the representation of Egypt in these organizations until the oppressive practices cease and full return to democracy is achieved.