Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Mahienour el Massry - smiling - TopicsExpress



          

Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Mahienour el Massry - smiling today at the appeal against her 2 year prison-sentence for violating the controversial Protest Law. El-Massry was convicted of organising an unauthorised protest, blocking the road, assaulting a police officer and destroying a police vehicle in a ruling in January. Appeal trial postponed until 20 July. Mahienour el Massry was recently awarded the Ludovic Trarieux Award, given annually to a lawyer for contributions to the defence of human rights. Amnesty International has comdemned her conviction, saying: El-Massry is a prisoner of conscience, convicted and sentenced solely for protesting peacefully. She should be immediately and unconditionally released
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:23:05 +0000

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