Mediocrates
08-16-2011, 07:37 AM
http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/08/15/symbol-of-egypts-revolution-on-trial-for-advocating-revolution/
Symbol of Egypt’s Revolution On Trial For Advocating Revolution
Asmaa Mahfouz, the April 6 Youth Movement leader who said she began the Egyptian revolution with a tweet, has been arrested, charged with inciting violence against the military and insulting the armed forces, and will be tried by a military court. This is, of course, the kind of irony that makes a great article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/asmaa-mahfouz-egyptian-youth-activist-is-charged-by-military-prosecutor/2011/08/14/gIQAuqihFJ_story.html). Personally, I still believe that the military will be glad when it hands back power to civilians and can return to its real business: making money for the officers.
But what did Mahfouz says that got her arrested? Here it is:
“If the judiciary doesn’t give us our rights, nobody should be surprised if militant groups appear and conduct a series of assassinations because there is no law and there is no judiciary,”
Now, while free speech is a great thing, I’m not surprised that the armed forces were unhappy. That would qualify in Norway as incitement to terrorism. And since the military is running things, the implication is that it would be proper for “militant groups” to assassinate military officers.
Symbol of Egypt’s Revolution On Trial For Advocating Revolution
Asmaa Mahfouz, the April 6 Youth Movement leader who said she began the Egyptian revolution with a tweet, has been arrested, charged with inciting violence against the military and insulting the armed forces, and will be tried by a military court. This is, of course, the kind of irony that makes a great article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/asmaa-mahfouz-egyptian-youth-activist-is-charged-by-military-prosecutor/2011/08/14/gIQAuqihFJ_story.html). Personally, I still believe that the military will be glad when it hands back power to civilians and can return to its real business: making money for the officers.
But what did Mahfouz says that got her arrested? Here it is:
“If the judiciary doesn’t give us our rights, nobody should be surprised if militant groups appear and conduct a series of assassinations because there is no law and there is no judiciary,”
Now, while free speech is a great thing, I’m not surprised that the armed forces were unhappy. That would qualify in Norway as incitement to terrorism. And since the military is running things, the implication is that it would be proper for “militant groups” to assassinate military officers.