Ahmed Douma
Ahmed Douma (born 11 September 1985) is a prominent Egyptian activist and blogger, who has famously been arrested under each consecutive Egyptian government in recent years.
Political activism and arrests
In February 2009, Ahmed Douma, then a student at Tanta University, was arrested at the border to the Gaza Strip, after he had entered it with a group of anti-war activists who wanted to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people. He was tried before a military court for illegally crossing the border and sentenced to one year in prison. During his transport to the prison and during interrogations there, he was tortured and threatened with the use of false confessions to obtain further convictions against him.[1]
In January 2012, he was detained and charged with inciting violence against the army and encouraging attecks on public property, following the Cabinet clashes in December 2011.[2] During these clashes, 12 people were killed and 815 were injured, when police and military forces cracked down on a sit-in outside the Cabinet office in Cairo, which was organised by activists protesting against the appointment of Kamal Ganzouri as prime minister by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Egypt: Ahmed Douma, student blogger, tortured during detention in Damanhour prison". Al Karama. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Activist Abou Doma Denies Attacking Army, Allowed to Attend Exams". Jadaliyya. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Egyptians commemorate 2011 cabinet clashes". Daily News Egypt. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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