21 June 2005

Cairo, 21st June 2005. The Arabic network for human rights information condemned today the Egyptian police using of cheap illegal methods to gripe and control the internet and its users. They tell the internet users and cafes that there is prize draw , and they should write their names and telephone numbers and leave them at the cafes directors.
It seems that the orders reached the net cafes directors and owners are to register the names of their clients according to their ID card is not sufficient any more, this made some police officers give the orders to the net cafes owners to tell the internet users and clients of their cafes that there is a prize draw for them as a cheap trick to enable them to obtain the names and phone numbers in a clear violation for the law by the system supposed to protect and execute the law.
Gamal Eid the executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information said that; "day after the other the Egyptian police proves that they are the most fierce enemies of freedom in Egypt. As for Ahmed Nazif ,he disappointed the hopes of all the people, when he accepted to be a prime minister police officer" Besides all this , the illegal hiding which is imposed by the police on many web sites especially "the people" newspaper their spokes voice http://www.alshaab.com/
and the Muslim brotherhood site http://ikhwanonline.com/
without any court sentence which means a great violation neglecting the Egyptian law and constitution."
Eid added that: " At least Ahmed Nazif , the prime minister, is in charge of these violations committed by the Egyptian police, he should order the police to stop immediately these practices."
http://hrinfo.net/en/reports/2005/pr0621.shtml