Message to The United Nations, European Union, United States, and all Democratic and Free countries
There are growing concerns that the government of Egypt intends to execute Egypt’s first ever democratically elected President, Mohamed Morsi in the coming weeks. Mr. Morsi along with hundreds of political opponents received the death sentence following what major international human rights organizations described as a hopelessly flawed and politically motivated trials that ignored acceptable minimum international standards.
President Morsi was ousted during the illegal military coup led by the then Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and has been imprisoned ever since. President Morsi’s death sentence and the impending execution of countless others (students, women, religious scholars, politicians, and academics)involved in working for democracy in Egypt presents a sobering example of the escalating violence and continual human rights abuses perpetrated against the Egyptian people since the Fourth Anniversary of the January 25 Egyptian Revolution earlier this year.
The mass executions is effectively a clear testimony for the death and end of democracy, freedom, respect for human rights, and justice in Egypt. The mass death sentences stand contrary to the principles that the Egyptian Revolution has promoted over the last four years, and it highlight the end in Egypt of the very principles that the international community stands for. We must not stand silently witnessing freedom and democracy being stripped away from the people of Egypt.
Failure to stop this tyranny now will result in further chaos and instability running rampant throughout Egypt and across the Middle East. Those who have seen their hopes and dreams for democracy shattered will now become easy targets for ISIS, al-Qaeda, and other militant groups, who on a daily basis increase their threat around the world by capitalizing on the frustrations of the oppressed.
The mass emigration of refugees that we see now will only increase as peoples seek to flee authoritarian regimes and militancy. It will therefore have a direct and immediate consequence on the international community.
The negative consequences of Morsi and hundreds of anti-coup activists being executed and the effect of an increasingly authoritarian regime cannot be underestimated. This is not a problem that affects an area of the Middle East many thousands of miles away; it is a problem that directly affects each and every nation.
We, as individuals and organizations committed to human rights and democracy, therefore communicate this message to the international community and demand an immediate action.
By its silence, tacit approval of the Egyptian government, or diplomatic recognition and foreign assistance, the international community is in effect facilitating the numerous human rights abuses perpetrated by the regime and lending credibility to a murderous regime.
The peoples of the Middle East following what can possibly be seen as a double standard are as a result now questioning the commitment of the international community to the rule of law and the observance of human rights. Such double standards could enable exploitations of the discontented youth by violent groups such as ISIS and others.
We would urge you to withdraw support for the current brutal regime of el-Sisi. We demand an immediate end to state violence against dissidents and an independent investigation of the flagrant and massive human rights violations, torture, rape and inhumane detention conditions of political prisoners in Egypt.
Respectfully,
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Mohamed M. Marzouki, Former President Of Tunisia. President, Arab Council for Defense of RevolutionsDemocracy. Tunis |
Annette Groth, German Member of Parliamentand Spokeswoman for Human Rights |
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Professor Noam Chomsky Institute Professor, retired MIT Cambridge, MA, USA
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Lord Alderdice Life Peer at the House of Lords, UK Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly & Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
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James Abourezk Former United States Senator |
Mike Gravel Former United States Senator |
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Baroness Tonge Life Peer at the House of Lords, UK Former Liberal Democrat MP, UK |
Paul Flynn, Labour Party politician Member of Parliament since 1987 UK |
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David Steel, Lord Member of the House of Lords British Liberal Democrat politician Member of Parliament (1965-1997) |
Gahame Morris MP British Labour Party Politician, Member of Parliament since 2010
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Ramsey Clark, Human Rights lawyer and former U.S. Attorney General |
Dr. Norman Finkelstein Teaching in the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Sakarya University in Turkey |
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Alice Walker,Author [1], Civil Rights Activist [2], Women's Rights Activist [3]and poet Pulitzer Prize-winning 1983. USA |
Danny Glover American actor, film director and Political Activist. USA |
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Professor John Esposito, Professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. Director of The Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim Washington DC, USA |
Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay Deputy Chairman of Foreign Relations for Justice and development party in Turkey |
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Margaret Ritchie, Irish politician MP for South Down. Former Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party |
David Anderson, Labour Party Politician Member of Parliament since 2005 UK |
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John Austin, Former Labour MP. UK Past Chairman Council for Arab British Understanding. Past Chairman British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union |
Andrew Love, British Labour Co-operative politician Former Member of Parliament for Edmonton UK |
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Nasser Al Duwaillah, Lawyer. Former MP, Kuwait
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Valter Mutt Member of the Swedish Parliament Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Sweden |
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Hillevi Larsson Member of the Swedish Parliament Sweden |
Dominique Peschard, Former President The Ligue des droits et libertés Canada |
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Toby Cadman Barrister-at-law, Chambers of Anthony Berry QC -Founder of the International Forum for Democracy and Human Rights, U.K. |
Medea Benjamin Founder, Code Pink U.S.A. |
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Michael Ratner, President Emeritus Center for Constitutional Rights,Id New York, USA |
Marjorie Cohn, Professor Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Former President of National Lawyers Guild CA, USA |
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Professor Peter Erlinder(Ill. Bar 3124291) William Mitchell College of Law, MN (ret) Director, International humanitarian law Institute [4]. MN, USA |
Dianne Mathiowetz, Co- ordinator, Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition; Producer and Co-host, the Labor Forum, WRFG 89.3FM; Co-ordinator, Atlanta International Action Center. USA |
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Azadeh Shahshahani, President The National Lawyers Guild Atlanta, USA |
Bruce Nestor, Past President National Lawyers Guild Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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David Gespass Former President, National Lawyers Guild AL, USA |
Sara Flounders, Co-Director International Action Center, USA |
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François Burgat, Political Scientist and Arabist The head of the French Institute of the Near East. When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World. European Research Council. France |
Alnayl Alfadel Mahmoud President of African students union |
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Andrew Murray & Chris Nineham Stop the War Coalition |
Chris Doyle, Director Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) |
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Peter Oborne, British journalist The Associate Editor of the Spectator & Former chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph |
Hacene Zitouni Journalist, LondonUK |
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Marilyn Levin, Coordinators, United National Anti-war Coalition, USA |
Joe Lombardo, Coordinators, United National Anti-war Coalition, USA |
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John Catalinotto, managing editor Workers World newspaper, USA. |
Jeff Mackler, National Secretary, Socialist Action/USA |
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Phil Wilayto, Editor, The Virginia Defender newspaper, USA |
Teresa Gutierrez, Coordinator May 1 Workers and Immigrant Rights Coalition, USA |
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Martine Eloy, Former-coordinator The Ligue des droits et libertés Canada |
Beth Lamont, Program Coordinator, Humanist Society, Metro NY, USA |
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Dr. Anas Altikriti, CEO The Cordoba Foundation, London, UK |
Dr. Abdullah FaliqHead of Research |
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Olivia Zémor President of CAPJPO-Euro Palestine France |
Thomas Bachmann Committee Chairman to boycott Israel in Switzerland |
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Carl Buckley Executive Director International Forum for Democracy and Human Rights, United Kingdom |
Colonel Ann wright Former United States Army Colonel and Retired U.S. State Department Official. USA |
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Shift Wealth: Economic Democracy It’s Our Economy. Build power and resistance |
Laifi Kamel, PhD Diplomacy and International Relations professor & Human Rights Activist / Paris |
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David Swanson,Author and Director of World Beyond War |
MRARI Abdelmajid President of AFD International –France |
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Arun M. Gandhi Gandhi Global Center for Peace |
Norman Solomon, Executive Director Institute for Public Accuracy |
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Shahid Comrade, National Secretary, Pakistan USA FreedomForum, USA |
Bassma Kodmani, Professor International Relations at Paris University Former spokesperson of the Syrian National Council Co-founder of the Arab Reform Initiative |
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Missy Crutchfield, Editor-in-Chief Gandhi BE Magazine, USA |
Melissa Turner Journalist, Gandhi BE Magazine, USA |
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Democratize the Media |
Dr. Amin Aloosh,Secretary General International Forum for Islamic Parliamentarians. Algeria |
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Kevin Zeese, co-director, Popular Resistance |
Margaret Flowers, co-director, Popular Resistance |
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Aly R. Abuzaakouk, PhD President the Libyan American Public Affairs Council ,Elected member “Libyan Parliament” |
Carl Arrindell Chief Political Correspondent, Islam Channel CEO, Public Interest Relations & Media |
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Ward Crutchfield Former Senate Majority Leader Tennessee, USA |
Judith Berlowitz, PhD Jewish Genealogy, Spanish Translation Bay Area Women in Black. CA, USA |
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Na'eem Jeenah, Executive Director Afro-Middle East Centre Johannesburg South Africa |
Professor Ovide Bastien, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada |
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John C. Brittain, Attorney Former president, National Lawyers Guild |
Dr. Curtis F.J.Doebbler |
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Joy Brown-Moore, Professor Dawson College, Montreal, Canada |
Aaron Kiely, Student Broad Left. London, UK
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Ann Schroeder George Washington University Graduate Program – Political Psychology USA |
Dr.Ayman NourPresident, Ghad El-Thawra V. President, Arab Council for Defense of Revolutions and Democracy |
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Dr.Mohamed Mahsoob Professor, Sorbonne University Former minister of state for Parliamentary affairs |
Ambassador Ibrahim Youssri Attorney at law |
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Dr. Saif Eldeen Abdel Fatah Professor of Political Science & International Relations. Egypt |
Abdelrahman Youssef, Egyptian Poet Political Activist. Egypt |
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The Egypt parliament |
National Alliance to support legitimate |
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The Egyptian Revolutionary Council |
The National Movement to Support the Egyptian Revolution “Ghorba” |
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The National Lawyers Guild |
Code Pink, USA |
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All 4 Justice
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Collectifs des femmes pour les droit de l’homme Organization in France |
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Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition |
Tawasol Organization for Human Rights, Holland |
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Center for Egyptian American Relations
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Egyptians Abroad for Democracy Worldwide |
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Gandhi Global Center for Peace |
Broadcasters Without Borders |
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The Cordoba Foundation
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United National Anti-war Coalition, USA |
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The International Coordination Committee in Support of Rights and Freedoms |
International Forum for Islamic Parliamentarians |
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International Action Center, USA |
Association Justice for Egypt, Geneva |
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Egyptian Americans for Democracy and Human Right. |
International Forum for Democracy and Human Rights |
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Libyan American Public Affairs Council |
Egyptian Association for freedom and justice |
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We Care Organization |
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