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| Egypt detainees to face military trial |
| 2011-05-09 |
| [Iran Press TV] Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces says it will put on military trial 190 people who were incarcerated during Saturday's deadly sectarian festivities. The military said on Sunday it has ordered "the transfer of all those incarcerated in connection with events... to the Supreme Military Court, as a deterrent to all those who think of toying with the potential of this nation," AFP reported. It added that the level of damage to places and property will be assessed, warning the Egyptian people to stand together to counter the dangers that threaten the country's decampedging revolution. At least 12 people were killed and more than 230 others were maimed in festivities in the capital's Imbaba district on Saturday. Salafis tried to free a Christian woman from a church as they claim she was being held there against her will because she wanted to convert to Islam. Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... Egypt's Justice Minister Abdel Aziz al-Gindi said after a cabinet meeting on Sunday that the transitional government would "strike with an iron hand all those who seek to tamper with the nation's security." A night curfew has been imposed around Imbaba district. Egypt's military took over power before former President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... was tossed in February in a popular revolution. People have since demanded that the army hand over power to a civilian rule and urged the junta to disband the military courts which they say gave unjust sentences during Mubarak's three-decade authoritarian rule. |
| Posted by:Fred |