Letter From A Cairo Jail
August 14th, 2008 by Adam
In a letter to Senator Barack Obama from Tura Prison near Cairo, former MP and political prisoner Ayman Nour calls on the Senator to “…lead the world towards real freedom and justice,” and reach out to reformers in Egypt and the Middle East. Nour also states that, “Both Reform advocates and prisoners of opinion and conscience in Egypt, Syria, Palestine and other countries, are expecting your consistent support of their rights to life, freedom, and change.” Nour, a candidate in Egypt’s 2005 Presidential election, has been imprisoned in Egypt since 2005 on politically motivated charges meant to silence his calls for political reform.
To read the Arabic language version of Nour’s letter, click here.
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