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STOP Intimidating Attempts
Abd Al-Monem Monieb, Detained and Banned From Travel
Cairo, June 17,2009
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemns the detention of the writer , Abd Al-Monem Monieb by state security officers at Cairo airport for 45 minutes ,there by missing his flight to Lebanon . He was supposed to appear on a TV interview to discuss his book "A Map of the Islamic movements in Egypt" that was published by ANHRI.
On a call with ANHRI, Abd Al-Monem said, "It all began with a call from Al-Alem channel in Beirut to organize for a TV review of my book.
I called the state security officer in charge of my district to check whether I can leave country, to which he gave me an oral clearance".
ِAbd Al-Monem follows, "I actually arrived at Cairo airport, got the departure stamp on my passport, then I was shocked when the airport state security officers escorted me to the state security office where I was detained for 45 minutes and the officers just wrote-off the fresh departure stamp".
ANHRI strongly condemns such intimidation attempts and illegal pursuing of released political prisoners. The network also denounces the detention of the writer and denying him his right to travel and move . Such measures and continuing pressures on the writer are a deliberate violation of the human rights of a citizen who spent 15 years in prison convicted of no charges at all , that is again, a flagrant violation of basic human rights and citizenship.
In his book , Abd Al-Monem monitors the evolution and development of the Islamic movements in Egypt. Monem also writes articles about how the Egyptian security authorities deals with members of Islamic groups, when in jail and after they have been released.
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