“An officer responsible for April 6 [strike] internet activity asked me very strange questions such as, 'Why do you blog? Why do you use the internet? Who in the Shebab 6 April movement is in a relationship? Who wants to get married?'”
Fifteen Egyptian and foreign activists took part in a solidarity march for Gaza on Friday in the outskirts of Cairo. Carrying signs with messages like "break the siege" and "support the resistance," they walked from Ezbet El-Nakhl to the end of the Marg metro line.
Everything in your head, we want to get it out.
I was repeatedly questioned about everything and I was terrified. Although I was not abused physically, I was blind-folded all the time. Officers kept saying to me: "Do you know what we can do to you?", and I was threatened with long term imprisonment. They asked me if I supported Hamas, was working for Israel, and, being Christian, if I was an evangelist. I was never informed of any charges against me.”
His sister Jeannette, 26, declined to elaborate on his condition or to say if he had been told he would face charges.
وعلمت «المصرى اليوم» من مصادر أمنية أن فيليب مازال محتجزا فى مقر أمن الدولة، وأن قرار إحالته إلى النيابة العامة لم يصدر بعد، ولم يتم تحديده.
جريدة الشروق
Rizk and the other blogger arrested.
In Chicago, about 40 people gathered outside the Egyptian consulate on North Michigan to support Rizk, a Cairo resident who graduated from Wheaton College in 2004.
Diplomats are assholes
AUC protest on Flickr
mukhabarat eih?
ترجمة لتدوينة سارة كار من مدونة تفاهات عن أحداث يوم خطف فيليب رزق.
FIDH calls for the full disclosure of the reasons for Rizk’s arrest, his current location and the secured access of Rizk to legal assistance. The Egyptian authorities should also take the necessary measure to ensure that his psychological and physical integrity are safeguarded throughout these procedures.
Philip Rizk turns 27 on Thursday.
FIDH also condemned what it said was "harassment" of Rizk's family by both armed and plain-clothed police officials who searched their home without a warrant early Monday.
“This activist is a dual national, which means that he'll be treated as an Egyptian. If someone is fully German, they are entitled to the assistance of the German consulate. In the case of a dual national, however, Egypt is free under international law to deal with him as they wish.”
Nadim, an Egyptian rights group, said in a statement that Rizk was taken away in a car with concealed licence plates to an unknown destination.
Facebook group dedicated to spreading the news and updates about Philip as raising awareness about the situation in Palestine.
On Saturday morning, outside the public prosecution office an unpleasant state security officer said to Philip Rizk's father, “rabbina yetamminak” [may God comfort you]. He may of meant this genuinely, but coming from him it sounded like a warning, or a joke.
نقطة شرطة (كمين) القلج
Last Jaiku message before kidnapping
Photos of protest outside Public prosecutors office 7/2/2008
Activists, teachers, and students gathered outside the public prosecutor's office in downtown Cairo today to demand the release of Philip Rizk, who was detained by state security yesterday after a police crackdown on a solidarity March for Gaza.
15 activists walk for Gaza before being stopped by state security for four hours.