مركز هشام مبارك للقانون

The State Council's Administrative Court of Justice has rejected the suitcase filed against Dr Nawal al Saadawi claiming for depriving her from Egyptian nationality. The suitcase filed by a lawyer called Samir Sabry claimed lifting nationality from Al Saadawi for her controversial ideas and thoughts. The Hisham Mubarak Law Center joined the case to defend Al Saadawi's right to express her thoughts. The court handed down that the law doesn't allow lifting nationality for holding controversial thoughts or different creed. Court Rejects Al Saadawi Case

In an arbitrary move, the administration of Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla-al-Kubra fired the workers Kamal al Fayomi and Tareq Amin for allegedly being absent since April 6. It is well known that they didn't do this with their own free will but rather for being detained since that day. More, although the court returned a release order, the Minister of Interior kept them in Borg al Arab concentration camp. The most interesting thing in this story was that the company has already received a document from the Prosecutor's Office saying both workers are under detention.

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Since today morning Kefaya's Website has been obscured. Many Egyptians have failed to get access to the website and finally they got access from outside the Republic of Egypt. Upon asking Link and T-Data Companies, they told the asking people that they know nothing about it.

Damanhour police prosecutor office remanded Alaa Fakhri, 31, optics specialist, in custody pending further inquiries to be delivered from the state security investigation. It also decided to question him tomorrow morning about his alleged possession of leaflets calling for May 4 strike as well as distributing them. According to police report he was arrested with 90 leaflets in his possession.

The activist Ramy Yehia was released from Moski police station on Sunday May 4, 2008.

Kareem Abdel Baset and Islam Suleiman were arrested for allegedly distributing leaflets. They will attend before the prosecutor tomorrow morning.

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The Misdemeanor Court of Appeal adjourned the final decision concerning renewing periods of the 6 April defendants detained in custody until May 5, 2008.

A number of 6 April-related detainees was released from Borg al Arab jail: Ibrahim Saleh Mansour, Osama Kamel, Ibrahim Twifiq (Mansoura), Ahmed Iraqi, Mostafa Helmy, Mahmoud Abdulla (Alex), and Taher Abu Sharei (Bouhira). On the other hand, Borg al Arab jail administration moved the political activist Musaad Abu Fagr from criminal ward to political detainees ward. The fact-finding mission was informed that the number of Mahalla-related detainees has reached 42 plus 3 political prisoners and 39 criminal prisoners.

In response to the gathering of a number of political activists in front of the Bar Association, the security forces in plainclothes “karate squads” have cordoned off the building and denied access into or out it.