#Human Rights
Target:
United Nations, Deutscher Bundestag, Human Rights watch, amnesty international
Region:
Egypt

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This Petition was established by humans from different countries with different ideologies, this petition is an outcry for injustice towards the Egyptian doctor , poet and human rights activist Ahmed Said who has been arrested by Egyptian authorities in Nov. 19, 2015, along with other activists in Cairo’s down town.
Ahmed took part in a peaceful protest on 6th of October Bridge and was arrested shortly after.

To watch a video of the silent protest :

This protest was organized on the occasion of the 4 year anniversary of the battle of Mohamed Mahmoud, the five-day long street battle taking place during the 2011 Revolution, in which at least 47 people were killed and thousands wounded. The brutal clashes took place when security forces began to disperse a peaceful sit-in on Tahrir Square with a massive use of tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition.

Ahmed Said had been among the revolutionaries on Tahrir Square, who revolted against the regime under former president Hosni Mubarak. Besides taking part in the demonstrations, as a doctor, Ahmed provided medical treatment for those brutally attacked by the security forces in makeshift hospitals. Since 2011, the yearly peaceful protests have become target of the repression by the military regime that had imposed a ban on demonstrations after its inauguration in 2013.

The detention of Ahmed Said is part of the continuing restrictions on freedom of expression and the press. Ahmed has since campaigned for human rights in Egypt. He and the other detainees are threatened by a prison sentence of up to two years. The detention is founded on a violation of the protest law, which was passed in 2013 which is part of the attempt to stifle any criticism of the military regime and to illegalize any opposition.

Watch a TV interview with the poet Ahmed Said :

We, the undersigned, call on human rights organisations to support the Prisoner of conscience, Dr. Ahmed Said and make the necessary effort and communications with the Egyptian authorities to release him.

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The Free Ahmed Said الحرية لأحمد سعيد petition to United Nations, Deutscher Bundestag, Human Rights watch, amnesty international was written by Mohammad Shehab and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.

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