A collation of Shariah law graduates notified the general prosecutor in Egypt about the supposed Islamic law violations of Kareem Amer and his girlfriend, Alia Mahdi. They recommended a death sentence for Amer for publicly pronouncing that he is an atheist and for refusing to condemn his girlfriend, Mahdi, for posting a nude picture of herself on her personal blog. The collation also suggested a...

To view the original, click here. CAIRO: Canada’s liberal justice critic Irwin Cotler and a number of other MPs in the country have called for the Egyptian ruling military to free jailed blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad. The statements on Thursday come as Nabil entered his 87th day of a hunger strike in protest against the military trials implemented by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces...

To view the original article, click here. Canadian MPs Call for Release of Egyption Blogger    Liberal justice critic Irwin Cotler issued a call for support for Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad on Thursday, saying the political activist's life is hanging by thread. (Matthew Little/The Epoch Times). PARLIAMENT HILL Maikel Nabil Sanad was a guiding light in the Arab...

PRESS CONFERENCE ADVISORY  MP’s From All Parties Call for the Immediate Release of Egyptian Blogger and Political prisoner Maikel Nabil  Nabil on 86th day of Hunger Strike. Professor Cotler, Nabil’s international legal counsel, says, “his life is hanging by a thread”   (Ottawa - November 16, 2011) The media is invited to an all-party press conference regarding...

Irwin Cotler, renowned international human rights lawyer and board member of Advancing Human Rights and CyberDissidents.org, asked the Canadian government to seek the release of Egyptian blogger and activist Maikel Nabil at a Parliamentary debate on October 28, 2011. In response to Cotler’s request, the Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, Diane Ablonczy, applauded Cotler’s efforts and said...