Road to Democracy

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Forty days after Dr. Nour was released, he and his wife separated. It appears they have since divorced. Both Dr. Nour and his wife, Gameela,sacraficed their personal lives in their attempt to implement democracy in their nation. It is hoped that their scrafices will be acknowledged by their countrymen/women by keeping the effort going.

H. Res. 1303: Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt

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On June 24, 2008, Representative Frank Wolf, Republican, Virginia, introduced the following resolution.

HRES 1303 IH
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1303
Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 24, 2008
Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. KIRK, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PITTS, Ms. WATERS, Mr. PENCE, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. GOODE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

RESOLUTION

Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt.
Whereas the promotion of respect for democracy, human rights, and civil liberties are fundamental principles and aims of the United States;
Whereas the United States attaches great importance to relations with Egypt and considers fair and transparent elections as the only way to make progress towards a more democratic society;
Whereas Egypt plays a significant role in the Middle East peace process and in the fight against international terrorism and fundamentalism;
Whereas the Egyptian authorities have promised to put an end to the imprisonment of journalists and bloggers, but this promise has so far gone unfulfilled;
Whereas Shiites, Koranists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other religious minorities are harassed, arrested, and imprisoned by security services;
Whereas all Baha’i institutions and community activities have been banned in Egypt since 1960, and members of the Baha’i faith are denied government required identification cards solely due to their religious affiliation;
Whereas material vilifying Jews appears regularly in the state controlled and semi official media;
Whereas the Copts, Egypt’s largest religious minority group and the largest Christian population in the Middle East, suffer from many forms of discrimination, including--
(1) a lack of employment in higher positions of the public sector, universities, army, and the security service;
(2) disproportional representation in Parliament and Shura Council;
(3) difficulty in building and repairing churches;
(4) lack of protection and lack of prosecution of perpetrators in cases of sectarian violence;
(5) government harassment of converts to Christianity while the government encourages conversion to Islam; and
(6) the inability to obtain government issued identification cards which reflect conversion to Christianity;
Whereas the opposition presidential candidate Ayman Nour is still serving a five-year prison sentence following an unfair trial in 2005 on politically motivated charges;
Whereas his health is deteriorating as a consequence of this imprisonment;
Whereas his numerous appeals for release on the grounds of his medical conditions and his request for a presidential pardon in March of 2008 have all been rejected;
Whereas Egyptian authorities closed the Centre for Trade Union and Workers’ Services and its branches, this being the first closure of a nongovernmental advocacy organization by an executive decision;
Whereas the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies and its founder, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, have been threatened for their work to promote democratic reforms;
Whereas other civil society development organizations, including the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute, have also been restricted in their work; and
Whereas the recent arrests and action against nongovernmental organizations and human rights defenders undermines the commitments entered into by the Egyptian Government concerning fundamental rights and freedoms and the democratic process in the country: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) recognizes that respect for human rights is a fundamental value, and the bilateral relationship between the United States and Egypt should be a platform for promoting the rule of law and fundamental freedoms;
(2) calls on the Egyptian Government to end all forms of harassment, including judicial measures, the detention of media professionals and, more generally, human rights defenders and activists calling for reforms and to fully respect freedom of expression, in conformity with article 19 of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
(3) encourages the Egyptian Government to honor its commitment to repeal the state of emergency in order to allow for the full consolidation of the rule of law in Egypt;
(4) encourages the Egyptian Government to take the steps necessary to fully implement and protect the rights of religious minorities as full citizens;
(5) strongly supports measures to guarantee academic freedom, freedom of the media, and freedom of religion or belief in Egypt, including by ending arbitrary administrative measures, such as those taken against the Centre for Trade Union and Workers’ Services and the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid;
(6) urges the Egyptian Government not to impose arbitrary restrictions on the peaceful activities of civil society organizations;
(7) calls on the Egyptian Government for--
(A) the immediate release of Ayman Nour, in light of reports of his deteriorating state of health, and calls for an immediate welfare visit, including a visit by qualified medical personnel;
(B) the release of all political prisoners and other activists; and
(C) an end to the harassment of the Koranists;
(8) stresses the need to fully implement the principles of the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and the 1993 International Convention concerning the rights and the protection of migrant workers and their families;
(9) supports the concluding observations of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers of May 2007, which called for the re-opening of the investigations into the killing of 27 Sudanese asylum-seekers in December 2005;
(10) calls for an end to all forms of torture and ill treatment and calls for investigations when there is reasonable suspicion that acts of torture have occurred;
(11) calls on the Egyptian Government to allow--
(A) a visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; and
(B) a visit by the the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief;
(12) emphasizes the importance of ensuring and strengthening the independence of the judiciary by amending or repealing all legal provisions that infringe or do not sufficiently guarantee its independence;
(13) stresses the need for respect and protection of the freedoms of thought, conscience, and religion as ensured in article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the 1981 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion and Belief;
(14) welcomes the efforts made by Egypt to secure the border with Gaza and encourages all parties concerned to redouble efforts to fight smuggling through tunnels into the Gaza strip; and
(15) urges the President and the Secretary of State to put human rights and religious freedom developments in Egypt very high on the United States Government’s agenda during meetings with Egyptian officials.

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Dear Friends,
Nour was not released yesterday,on the occasion of the 23rd of July revolution, among 1578 prisoners who were pardoned, and who included those convicted of crimes such as murder and torture.
11 of his supporters, who tried to visit him in prison on the "open day visit" yesterday morning were detained by the security, kept in the heat inside closed trucks and thrown in the desert end of the day.
Others who gathered at the Prosecutor's office calling for his and his supporters' release were beaten up and forced to leave.
Although all prisoners recieve, according to prison's laws and regulations, at least 4 visitors, I was the only visitor allowed at 1 pm tuesday. He declared a hunger strike condeming what happened to members of his party and supporters and gave me a copy from a one-page letter to President Mubarak, which he sent through the authorities earlier, and the following Press Release. He extends his gratitude to every person who has expressed rejection to what he is suffering and called for his freedom and asked me to personally thank everyone who had the courage to talk loud and write couragesouly against the brutal procedures and the continuous retaliation process against him.
May God protect you and your family from oppression and injustice, Regards, Gameela

In a statement from prison, Tuesday 22nd of July: Ayman Nour: "I am now detained by virtue of a Presidential Decree!!"

Presidential Decree pardoning prisoners who have served half their sentence on 23 July benefits convicts of 60 crimes that include espionage, murder, torture, insulting religion, raising prices, monopoly, false testimony. Ayman Nour is excepted from the pardon.

The Interior Ministry, the Prisons' Department and the administrations of 40 prisons were notified yesterday of the presidential decree pardoning the prisoners how have served half their sentences on 23rd July 2008. Article 3 of the Presidential Decree stated that the pardon does not apply to those deemed to be dangerous to public security and those –as is the case with Dr. Ayman Nour, leader of the Al-Ghad party and the number 2 presidential candidate in Egypt's first and last presidential election- charged with forgery. Nour was sentenced to five years on charges of forging some of the powers of attorney used to establish the Al-Ghad party in 2003 days following the mentioned election. The Political Parties Law requires the submission of 50 powers of attorney, at least half of which are workers and farmers, from those applying to establish political parties.

Nour issued a statement from his prison describing the Presidential Decree as a clear decision of detention against Nour from the source of the Decree, the President. He pointed out that it no longer makes sense to talk about the President not interfering with the Judiciary. When he issued the Decree, the President knew that serving sentences is subject to pardon after half the term of the sentence, a custom in Egypt since such decisions were issued by the Ottoman ruler on each religious feast.

Nour affirmed that the crimes excluded from the pardon are always those related to drug trafficking and espionage. The latter was eliminated from the list of excluded crimes in order to release spy Azzam Azzam.

In his statement Nour pointed out that the majority of pardon decrees during the rule of President Mubarak did not previously state that forgery is excluded from the pardon as is the case this year. These are Presidential Decrees 265 of 1997 published in issue 32 of the official gazette on 7/8/1997; 303 of 1998 published in issue 38 of the official gazette on 17/9/1998; 305 of 1999 published in issue 39 of the official gazette on 30/9/1999; 333 of 2000 published in issue 32 of the official gazette on 10/8/200 and other decrees which did not exclude forgery from the pardoned crimes!!

The statement denied any justification of this exclusion related to public interest or the seriousness of the crime as the pardon includes more serious crimes, such as murder, espionage, corruption, gambling, usury, and insulting religion, as well as endangering places of worship, raising prices, monopolies and false testimonies!!

Turrah prison, south of Cairo, Ayman Nour

2008-07-19T20:33:00.000-04:00

July 19, 2008

Call for Dr. Ayman Nour's Freedom

Friends of Democracy,

I attach here a copy from the letter that Nour just forwarded to the Congress members regarding his current situation, and I want to update you all that Nour has served half of the sentence in April and should have been freed by then with a presidential decree. However, the authorities promised that this will happen on the July 23rd celebrations, when most prisoners who have served half of the sentence are freed by a general presidential pardon. Nour fortunately survived a heart attack last Tuesday and was moved to a hospital outside of the prison for several hours. Will the President release him next Wednesday with thousand of other prisoners, including those accused of murder and espionage, or will they continue this process of retaliation. Please read his letter and call for his release next Wednesday. Thanks, Gameela Ismail

Congressman Frank Wolf
Members of the Congress External Affairs Committee
Members of the American Congress

Please accept my greetings, respect and gratitude

I have read with extreme gratitude what was written about my case in the draft bill 1303.

In my name and on behalf of my family, party and supporters I express our sincere gratitude for this interest in my case and condition.

However, I would like to draw your attention to new facts and developments, hoping they will be taken into consideration in the final version.

I: Case summary:
The writer of this letter is the leader of the liberal Ghad Party of Egypt, parliament member from 1995 till 2005, has run for the –first and last- Egyptian presidential election where he came in second to the president from among 10 candidates leaders of Egyptian parties in September 2005. The writer has been detained since 5 December, 2005 on the obviously false grounds of forging some of the powers of attorney applying to establish the Ghad party. The Egyptian law only requires 50 such powers of attorney which negates the need to forge such documents. The documents, which have been submitted to the authorities since 2003, were legal. I was put on a trial that lacked the minimum standards of justice or neutrality and the five-year prison sentence was issued in one degree amid unprecedented local, regional and international anger. The Congress took a great stance since my detention prior to the unfair sentence and through to draft bill 1303 which includes the call to settle my legal position and release me.

From the start the case included Constitutional breaches related to the ungrounded measures taken against me prior to withdrawing my parliament immunity, an issue the parliament authority here refused to testify to or provide official papers of. I recently obtained a final court order obliging the parliament to give me access to the official documents allowing me to request a retrial according to the Egyptian law.

State Council Court issued a ruling in my favor on 19 February 2008 concerning lawsuits 14505 of 61[1] and 35185 of 61. This has led me to take the steps to request a retrial from Egypt's prosecutor general on 3 May 2008. I have not received a reply from the prosecutor general to date.

I have previously submitted a request on 1 September 2007 when one of those who were used to make the false case against me, prisoner Ayman Ismail al-Refai, changed his testimony. However, when I asked to hear his new testimony on 1 September 2007 he was found hung on the morning of Thursday 7 September 2007 before giving his testimony.

II: The other change is that I have now served more than half my prison sentence. It has been customary for over a quarter of a century to issue a pardon that includes all crimes for the remaining period of the sentence on the anniversary of the revolution on the 23rd of July. This practice includes even murderers, espionage convicts, etc.).

However, it is still doubtful that this customary practice will include me as the general pardon which includes all the prisoners who have served half their sentence some involves exceptions related to the seriousness of the crime, such as drug and arms trafficking (!!). Although it is not logical to apply the exception to the crime of forgery I was accused of, it is possible that this crime will be especially introduced to the presidential decree to be issued before 23rd July with the aim of depriving me even from such a customary measure as I have been deprived throughout the years of imprisonment from the right to medical treatment, medication, and writing, all of which are rights enjoyed by all political and criminal prisoners other than myself!!

III: The authorities took illegal measures by pushing some of those who were dismissed from the Ghad party to file a lawsuit to obtain a court ruling -not a final one- officially acknowledging them as the party's pro-government leaders. These persons were officially given funds based on the false ruling that was not issued against us. Moreover, the authorities demanded an appeal of the ruling from a higher court.

When we intervened in the lawsuit the appeal was withdrawn, an unprecedented situation in the history of political parties, which resulted in nationalizing the party. This was done with the aim of depriving us of the legitimacy of political and party presence. Tens of the party's young members were also detained due to the 6th April 2008 strike.

Thus, and in the light of all of the above developments I hope that your suggested draft bill includes the settling of my legal situation after I served half the sentence based on the following:

1. Allow me to enjoy my legal right to a retrial under the principles of fair trials based on the State Council final ruling to give me access to the documents withdrawing my immunity in accordance with the ruling related to cases 14505 and 35185 issued on 19 February 2008 in order to settle my legal situation and return my full political rights.

2. Include me in the general pardon related to serving half the sentence -the pardons issued by the president for all prisoner on 23rd July and 6th October of every year- and allowing me to regain legal standing or giving me the right to a retrial.

3. As for the liberal Al-Ghad party, put an end to official and security interference and lift any restrictions on the party's activities, as well as allowing the party newspaper to be published again and canceling any rulings not issued facing the party or related to a dispute the Party is party to.

Finally, I reiterate my gratitude for your sincere efforts.

Please accept my greetings and full appreciation

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Ayman Nour
Leader of the Al-Ghad liberal party
South Cairo on 6 July 2008
http://www.freeaymannour.org

Cairo, December 5, 2007, Candlelight Vigil for Democracy in Egypt and for Ayman Nour's Freedom

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Ayman did not deserve the cruel, inhumane beating inflicted upon him by the prison guards.

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Ayman is beaten in court

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Jailed Egypt politician assaulted in court - wife
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Source: Reuters

CAIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - The wife of jailed Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour, the main challenger to Hosni Mubarak in a 2005 presidential election, said he was assaulted by security men on Saturday in a courthouse stairwell.
"He was beaten up in the court," Gameela Ismail told Reuters. "They dragged him on the stairs ... They dragged him and pushed and pulled him." An Interior Ministry spokesman said he had no knowledge of any incident involving Nour, a diabetic who has heart problems but has so far failed to win an early release on health grounds.
Nour came a distant second to Mubarak in Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential election in 2005. He is serving a 5-year jail term after being convicted of forging signatures to found his opposition Ghad party. He says the criminal charges were fabricated to keep him out of political life. He campaigned against Mubarak on a liberal secular platform and won 8 percent of the vote.
Nour had been in court in relation to a wrongful termination lawsuit he filed several years ago against a newspaper where he had worked as an editor until 2001, Ismail said.
She said Nour's lawyers had reported that he was dragged and beaten when he refused to walk up several flights of stairs. He had asked to take the elevator, complaining of joint problems, she added.
Ismail said he told his lawyers that he had been assaulted by three officers, and that Nour's lawyers had seen bruises on his legs and wrists. Read more here. . .

Medical Reports Provide the Truth on the Condition of Dr. Nour's Health

2007-04-28T05:08:00.000-04:00

Arab Republic of Egypt - Cairo
Prof.-Dr./ Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Saginy
Forensic Medicine & Forgery Research Consultant
Professor of Forensic and Poisons Medicine
Faculty of Medicine – Ain Shams University

Index of Consultancy Forensic Medicine Report
Edited on Health Condition of
Mr. / Ayman Abdel Aziz Mohamed Nour
Convicted in Case No. 184/2006 South Cairo Investigation

Introduction
1 Assaying submitted documents
2 Conclusion of Assaying
18 Conclusion and medicinal consultancy Opinion
19 Final Consultancy Opinion
26 Attached:

Submitted Documents

References

Conclusion and medicinal consultancy Opinion

From the foregoing, Legitimate Medical Advisory Committee considers the following:

First: All medical reports and report of the Forensic Medicine headed by Head of Forensic Physicians of Prison agreed with physicians and consultants report issued by foreign bodies in different dates prior to current legal problems – which confirm its neutralism – which the convicted Ayman Abdel Aziz Nour is suffering from the following health problems:

1- The increasing number of cardiac impulses from the natural rate (60-90 / min), where number of pulses reached 95-108 / min. This leads to a lack of blood flow to the brain in the appropriateness way and to heart muscle itself.

2- Increase of sugar level in blood for many years, which leads to changes in different blood vessels.

3- Simple sugar changes in eye retina, and that means occurrence of sugar retinal separation, which threaten blindness to patient, if not prevent by regular periodical examination and organizing sugar and conducting laser for bleeding vessels or those in bleeding phase, obviously, blindness is a permanent disability never could be cure.

4- Existence of coronary thrombosis as showed the heart catheter the possibility of infraction in heart muscle as a result of clot in coronary artery which may leads to sudden death.

5- Decrease in marginal blood circle as established in Head of Forensic Physicians report "simple coolness in inferior parts and some appearance of simple thickness in their blood vessels", which leads to diabetes gangrene in feet and lop it off, and this is also a permanent disability never could be cure.

6- Increase in blood pressure which leads to brain bleeding a s a result of brain arteriosclerosis (thrombosis= precipitation of harm fats in arteries walls which leads to its sclerosis).

7- Existence of dislodge between the fifth and sixth spinal vertebras as a result of car accident on Year 1998 with existence of spondylolisthesis between the sixth and seventh vertebras, along with existence of looseness changes in neck cartilage between these two vertebras with existence of pressure upon neck spinal cord as well as on hands (lack of feeling on hands fists), its means necessity of availability of special physical medicine for long periods in experts' centers to prevent occurrence of quadriplegia.

8- Peripheral neuropathy, which should be avoided to prevent lack of feeling in feet.

9- A diagnostic hear catheter was conducted and fixture of abutment on Year 2001 and that means existence of stenosis in coronary arteries, which demands precise medical following and regular cure to prevent occurrence of infraction in heart muscle, which leads to sudden death.

10- Abrasion in knees cartilages (rudeness in knees joints) with slight ooze in them.

11- Fatty Liver – ruddy salty precipitation in kidneys – minor prostate hypertrophy.

Actually all these illnesses their reflection are increasing and their functions deteriorating by time in the absence of accurate serious continued following, and could cause permanent disability such as blindness (complete disability of seeing) or lopping off one or both inferior parts, and possibility of quadriplegia or sudden death as mentioned in report of Head of Forensic Physicians.

Second: Forensic medicine report issued by Head of Forensic Physicians stated that correlation of diabetes increase, which convicted suffers from since a long time ago; leads to changes in blood vessels as happened to convicted represented in coolness in inferior parts and diabetes changes in eye retina and changes in arteries thrombosis particularly in coronary and kidneys arteries. And maybe renal failure takes place as patient suffers due to correlation of diabetes since along time ago in the case of convicted Mr./ Ayman Nour.

Report assured that the changes in blood vessels due to correlation of diabetes increase might cause narrowing in coronary arteries, which leads to close, and followed by sudden death of convicted Mr. / Ayman Nour without any clear incident, and that correlative usually effects nervous feeding; matter that might decrease pain feeling or appearance of any incidents.

It's well known that sudden death from forensic medicine point of view it’s a quick death takes place without any alarm or clear reason to person physically appears his is in good health, but he's subject to illness he doesn’t know nor those are surrounding him (such called sudden death as all forensic medicine agreed with locally and internationally).

Sudden death occurs to all ages mostly wit men than women, and its percentage increase in fourth or fifth decade, where sickness changes exist in blood circle (heart, blood vessels, arteries, veins and capillary veins particularly brain, heart, eyes and kidneys vessels) and these sickness changes effect with external elements which help sudden death to take place such as physical efforts or psychological emotion.

It's clearly appear that all these specification are exists with the case of convicted Mr. / Ayman Nour, meaning sickness reason are already existed and fixed and wee be diagnosed and assured along with the supporting elements as well exist and took place before.

Reasons of sudden death divided into two parts:

1- Sickness reasons cause sudden death separately; such as:

a- Heart diseases, most important one is narrowing of coronary arteries and occurrence of bloc in heart coronary arteries due to existence of thrombosis in its walls.

b- Bleeding or bloc in brain resulted from blood pressure rise and its effects on thrombosis brain arteries due to long existence of high level of diabetes for a long time.

It's clear tat in the case of convicted person that he suffers from this correlation, in addition to high blood pressure and occurrence of thrombosis in walls of blood vessels, as well as the fixture of abutment previously done to patient as an evident of narrowing existence in it.

c- Sickness reasons have a relationship with respiratory system.

2- Reasons help for sudden death with external elements:
a- Psychological emotion.
b- Minor shock to sensitive physical parts such as stomach, throat or testicles…etc
c- Physical efforts.

It's assures and obvious, that availability of external elements assist to sudden death are exist in case of Dr. / Nour.

That means sickness and illness reasons for sudden death are existed and were diagnosed in patient lifetime, and external elements and reasons assist to sudden death are available in patient lifetime.

That, words of sudden death which forensic report of Head of Forensic Physicians will take place and its not assumed.

And it's well known that if cases of sudden death are diagnosed, especially with existence of eternal elements that support this type of death, thus, immediate action should be taken to end this situation under intensive medical care and traced one and offer necessary medicine for that.

Mentioned convicted is actually threaten with sudden death and not assumed, due to existence of sickness reasons that cause sudden death (correlation of high diabetes for long time and its affections in changes it make in coronary arteries) beside availability of external elements that assist sudden death.

Therefore he needs:

1- Regular accurate treatment for diabetes and follow it wit examinations to decrease it to reach normal levels.
2- Regulating blood pressure and maintain it in normal levels.
3- Maintaining blood liquidly to prevent bloc occurrence especially in coronary arteries and brain arteries.
4- Fixture of abutments in coronary arteries and possibility of conducting surgical operation to change due to several problems might take place, in addition to server price of these abutments.
5- Giving regular medication to prevent and stop occurrence of thrombosis in blood vessels, consequently preventing occurrence of narrowing in arteries particularly the coronary.
6- Conducting physical medical treatment for a long period with a correct and precise method in a specialist center for neck vertebras quadriplegia as there is a start of pressing upon spinal in neck area.
7- Injection of liquid (similar to lubricating liquid be excreted by lined membranes in joints) in both knees to stop leakage in cartilages.

And due to unavailability of treatments pervious mentioned, in particular the first five ones that make word of sudden death come in report of Head of Forensic Physicians with no doubt, it's the truth and that sudden death will take place.

It's must that opinion of Head of Forensic Physicians about aforementioned reasons which leaded by convicted suffer from it for a long time of period, correlated with high level of diabetes along with changes in coronary arteries and availability of eternal elements that assist its affections will lead to sudden death at any time which stated in all medical reports (with our reservation as consulting committee for the absence of pervious forensic medical reports prior to report of Head of Forensic Physicians, such as report of Dr. / George Barakat Nassef, the forensic physician in Forensic Medicine Department).

Thus, we as a consulting committee, see necessity of emplacing said person in a hospital where intensive medical care with different specializations includes internal medicine, diabetes, blood vessels, brain and nerves surgery, physical medicine, bones, dentist, to cure assured reasons and approved one for occurrence of sudden death; and aforementioned specializations aren’t available in prison hospitals and conditions.

Final Consultancy Opinion

As previously reported, committee sees that said patient is sick with (Accelerated high level diabetes and blood pressure since a long time) which threatens his life with danger, possibility leads to permanent disability, completely or partially, either by blindness or quadriplegia.

Members of Forensic Medical Consultant Committee
Prof.-Dr. / Magdy Mahmoud Al-Melegy
Prof.-Dr. / Mohi Kaddry Al-Masry
Prof.-Dr. / Mona Al-Qutob Mousa
Prof.-Dr. / Amir Seddky Ahmed

Head of Forensic Medical Consultant Committee
Prof.-Dr. / Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Saginy
Issued on: 21/04/2007

Consultative Forensic Medical Report
With Relation to Case 16241 of Judicial year 61 –

Postponed to the 24/04/2007 Session
Concerning the convicted claimant
Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour

Dr. Ali Gamal Eddin Abdel-Aal
Forensic Medicine Department Head and Professor
Kasr al-Aini Medical School, Cairo University
Member of the Forensic Medicine Supreme Consultative Council

Consultative Forensic Medical Report
With Relation to Case 16241 of Judicial year 61 – Postponed to the 24/04/2007 Session concerning the convicted claimant Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour

In response to the request submitted by Cassation Lawyer Mr. Amir Salem, given power of attorney to defend the convicted claimant Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour with relation to the above mentioned case, I, Dr. Ali Gamal Eddin Abdel-Aal, Professor and Head of the Forensic Medicine Department at the Kasr al-Aini Medical School, Cairo University, member of the Justice Ministry's Supreme Forensic Medical Consultative Council - headed by the Prosecutor General and Forensic Medical Consultant - registered with Egypt's General Doctors' Union as a Consultant under the specialization of Forensic Medicine, hereby establish the following:

I have seen a photocopy of the Forensic medical report issued from the office of the Justice Ministry's Forensic Medicine Sector Head and prepared by the three-member committee formed in accordance with the decision of the south Cairo prosecution on 23 September 2006 headed by Dr. Mustafa Ayman Mahmoud al-Saadani, Assistant Chief Forensic Doctor, and Dr. Eid Kamel Mohamed, Brigadier Doctor at the Prison's Authority Medical Department concerning prisoner Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour dated 25 January 2007. The Committee has approved the stated diagnosis and mentioned it in detail several times, the latest of which under the title of "Case Discussion and Opinion."

The aim of this exercise is to express scientific and technical forensic medical opinion about the content of the report and the opinion it reached.

I acknowledge the following:

I: Summary of the content of the mentioned forensic medical report diagnosing the medical condition of the claimant prisoner Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour

The above-mentioned three-member committee which prepared the mentioned forensic medical report, performed its medical examination of the mentioned prisoner on 07 October 2006 at the Mazraat Turah prison hospital after the prisoner was summoned to the clinic. The three-member committee has also examined medical documents and the reports of some medical tests the Committee had requested. The Committee has consequently reached a conclusion represented in the following diagnosis of the medical condition of the prisoner Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour:

A set of ailments represented in diabetes, high blood pressure, knee joint roughness, roughness and disk collapse, osteophytes in the form of protrusions in the 5th, 6th and 7th cervical vertebrae. The blood analysis requested by the Committee showed diabetic content of 307 mgm/100 ml (fasting). Thus, the Committee diagnosed the mentioned prisoner's condition as suffering from diabetes combined with high blood pressure for a long time which resulted in diabetic changes in the retina and coronary (artery) atheroma.

As exactly mentioned under point (4) of Case Discussion and Opinion, the Committee explained that it is scientifically known that diabetes takes place when there is a metabolic imbalance and is characterized by high blood sugar rates due to the imbalance of insulin secretion from the Pancreas gland or when various tissues of the body do not respond to the effect of insulin. This condition has a number of potential complications, including the effect on various blood vessels, particularly the ones in the extremities in general, and blood circulation to the two lower extremities in particular. In the long term this may result in narrowing of the mentioned blood vessels and negative impact on the circulation which may lead to diabetic gangrene. Moreover, this condition may also result in changes in the vision due to the retinal changes resulting from long-term diabetes. The condition also affects the kidneys which affects their functions. In addition, the condition affects the heart by causing narrowing of the coronary vessels which may lead to a blood clot and sudden death without apparent symptoms or signs particularly that this condition usually affects nerve supply and the nerves which reduces feeling pain or showing symptoms. Thus, the mentioned condition has a long-term impact that affects the general condition of patients suffering from it long term. This may apply to the prisoner's cases. (This is exactly what was stated in the forensic medical reports issued by the mentioned three-member committee).

II: The result reached by the mentioned forensic medical report

Despite the mentioned diagnosis, the Committee's opinion stated the following:

"Thus, the Committee has reached a consensus concerning the above and decides:

1. The condition of the prisoner Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour, in accordance with the diagnosis, is that he suffers from diseases represented in diabetes combined with high blood pressure which did not result in congestive heart failure. He also suffers from roughness of the knee joints.

2. The condition of the mentioned prisoner's heart is balanced. He does not suffer from congestive heart failure. His general health condition seems upon examination to be within the limits that allow him to remain imprisoned as his health condition does not pose current threat to his life, particularly if he is placed under medical care through being taken to the specialized hospital in prison for follow up, treatment, observation and to provide the basic features of medical care for the condition we have mentioned.

III: Case discussion and what was stated in the Committee's report under my observation

1. We have been able to confirm that the mentioned Committee has reached, confirmed and acknowledged the actual diagnosis of the case, which is that prisoner Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure with a history of severe heart attacks and coronary insufficiency which required coronary catheterization and stinting the coronary arteries in 2002. He also suffers from roughness of the joint of the two knees and roughness and osteophytes, as well as cervical prolapse in discs 5, 6 and 7 of the neck with the beginning of actual complications in the arteries of the extremities, the retina, atheromic narrowing of the coronary arteries, residue in the right kidney with inflammation of the prostate. The latest blood analysis (fasting) have also showed a rise in the level of blood sugar reaching 307 mg/100 ml which demonstrates failure to completely control the condition as well as the beginning of complications in the eyes, extremities, kidneys and arteries.

2. It is scientifically known that diabetes and high blood pressure are directly affected by the patient's psychological and nerve condition . The occurrence of complications is directly related to the patient's psychological condition, as well as the regular medical care and accurate medical control of the level of blood sugar with the special nutrition .

3. The mentioned three-member committee did not provide a specific and direct medical reply to public prosecution's question included in the prosecution's decision to form the committee. The question was whether the continued imprisonment of the mentioned prisoner Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour poses a threat to his life or results in total incapacitation. Rather than answer the question, the Committee mentioned again the description of the condition as diabetes combined with high blood pressure, then mentioned that it has not resulted in congestive heart failure. It is worth mentioning that congestive heart failure would have resulted in the death of the mentioned prisoner. This means that the Committee stated a condition that did not take place so far, thank God, but failed to reply to prosecution's question about the potential of this taking place, or the possibilities of death, a permanent disability or total incapacitation of the mentioned prisoner due to his remaining in prison while suffering all the mentioned serious ailments which are affected by his psychological and nervous condition, as these conditions have already started to deteriorate and cause complications which may lead to sudden death any minute, as well as permanent disability and total incapacitation due to the complications, such as loss of sight, kidney failure, etc., as mentioned by the three-member committee itself in its mentioned report, particularly with the patient's deteriorating psychological condition and the absence of complete accurate medical and treatment controls of the mentioned ailments and illnesses, the most important of which are controlling the level of blood sugar, blood pressure, heart rate, the condition of the coronary arteries and kidney functions.

V: Opinion

Based on the above, we conclude that the claimant prisoner Ayman Abdel-Aziz Nour suffers from a number of serious ailments represented in high blood sugar rates (diabetes) combined with high blood pressure and arrhythmia which resulted in initial complications in the form of changes in the coronary arteries, as well as the arteries in the eyes and extremities, in addition to fatty liver; roughness and cervical prolapse in C5, 6 and 7 of the neck; roughness of the joints of the two knees and the accumulation of residue and a stone in the right kidney. Accordingly, I decide that the mentioned illnesses threaten the patient's life and render him completely incapacitated as a result of enforcing sentence. I believe that the mentioned illnesses constitute acceptable medical cause for his medical release for fear for his life and to avoid his complete incapacitation.

22 April 2007

Dr. Ali Gamal Eddin Abdel-Aal
Forensic Medicine Professor and Department Head
Kasr al-Aini Medical School, Cairo University
Member of the Justice Ministry's Supreme Consultative Council of Forensic Medicine

13-A document from the oral medicine and teeth implanting by Dr. Bassem Samir on 2/10/2006, indicating that patient Ayman Nour suffers from corrosion in the upper and lower maxillas due to diabetics He needs maxilla bone implanting and teeth implantation.

14- Report by Dr. Fahim Abdul Azeem Ragab the director of critical cases that is referred Prof. Ashraf Hatem G. director of Cairo university hospital indicating that the patient suffers long ago from blood hypertension and glycosuria, coronary artery malfunction, frequent coma, and dyspena, Moreover, the patient needs catheterization to image the mitral arteries.

15- Ultra sonic rays on heart (patient: Ayman Nour on 6/12/2006 issued from the critical cases and concluding that the patient has impaired LV relaxation and simple recess in the mitral value.

16- Report of ultra sound abdominal x-rays and pelvis at the diagnostic radiology dept, Cairo university hospitals on 6/12/2006, patient: Ayman Nour. The report concluded that the patient suffers from simple fatty liver and prostatic swelling , and prostatic with coarse stoning.

17- Doppler colored report on vertebro-basilar-insufficiency symptom and external pressure (tension) on the bone protrusions of the cervical vertebrae. The report made and signed by Dr. Abu Al - Magd on 6/12/2006.

18- A report of vasiongraph for the patient :Ayman Abdul Aziz Nour made and signed by Dr. Fahim Ragab, Prof. of critical medicine and Dr. Ahmed Abdul Aziz, Ass. Lecturer of medical critical cases, Cairo University. The same report was issued from the hospitals of Cairo universities indicating occurrence of arteriosclerosis change in the mitral (coronary artery ).
19- MRI report for the patient: Ayman Nour on 6/12/2006, signed by Dr. Rami Edward , indicating the following.
a- Bone protrusions, simple coarseness in the cervical vertebrae.
b - Simple cartilage olisthy ( spondrlosis ) , in the cervical vertebrae 5/6, 6/7.

20- Two MRI reports,of patient Ayman Nour on 6/12/2006, indicating pathological changes and knee (two) leakage signed by Prof. Dr. Hazem Muharram issued from Kasr Il - Einy hospital , MRI unit.

Second : Legal (Forensic) Medicine :
1- Report No. 10 legal (forensic) medicine.

2- Report No. 10 forensic jails medicine on 8/2/2005 , the report proved under item 15 , page 4 , the report of senior forensic physician, that will be shown later on under item II of our consultant report.

The report No. 10 jails forensic medicine proved the following:

The above mentioned patient was referred to Al-Maial Educational / Hospital , where a medical committee was formed to examine the patient. The committee said there is so severe medical problem at present and advised appropriate medical care plus indicated treatment with insulin to avoid heart and brain disorders.
The patient proved suffering from glycosurea, high blood tension cholesterol and salts on the right kidney.

II - Legal medical report of the convict Ayman Abdul Aziz Nour in the case No. 184/2006 south Cairo investigation processing , made by a committee formed by the senior forensic doctors, Dr. Mostafa Ayman Mahmoud Fouda his assistant Dr. Kamal Al – Saadani , and Dr. Eid Kamal Mohamad (Lt- general physician in the jails medical dept. The report proved the following:

1- First page, the line before the last, "Heart arrythemia (heats & frequency).

2- Second page, (Last two lines) + first two lines in the 3rd page, the patient suffers from a chest pain, 8 yrs ago with blood high tension controlled by treatment.

The patient suffers from diabetics, and treated with insulin, and has dangerous factors leading to mitral arteries deterioration, smoking , obesity , diabetic and fatty blood.

3- The 3rd page, item 7, the patient had a car accident in 5/9/1998, cervical spondylosis (side right posterior between indicates post nervous changes ).

4- Page 3, item 9, the report proved that, with MRI, a cervical spondylosis between 6/7 cervical vertebrae.

5- Page 3: item 10. the report proved degenerative change in the cervical cartilage between vertebrae 6/7 .

6- Page 3, item 13, the report proved that the patient was admitted to the hospital in coma for 10 min. the exams showed arrythemia , and hyperglycemia .

7- Page 5, line 12, 14 the report proved on 9/11/2006 that the patient has a long case history, and made a catheterization with bracket 5 years ago, and he is under treatment of diabetics, hypertension and heart diseases.

8- Page 6 item 17: The report indicated that, after a car accident in 1998 , a simple dislocation between the cervical vertebrae 6/6 due to cutting of ties , which resulted in pressure on the spinal cord , loss of sensation in the hand fists, the patient case did not respond to neck fix at or physiotherapy.

The patient needed to travel abroad where his case improved partially but he suffered from pressure on the cervical spinal cord.

Item 17: Concluded that "the patient is recommended to specialized physiotherapy to avoid quadruple paralysis.

9- Page 8 , proved at the last paragraph tachycardia 95/ min.
10-Page 9, line 6, tachycardia 94/ min, line 24, tachycardia 94 /min .
11- Page 11, the report on 22/4/2006 , indicated that a medical committee of 6 physician was formed and presented a report stating: there is no severe medical problem at this time but the appropriated medical care is recommend so that non-compliance with insulin regular treatment may lead to disorder in blood sugar and damage both the heart and brain.
12- Page 12 , paragraph 4 , the report made by Dr. Magdi Fawzi Henaidi (British – Egyptian ) indicated that the patient upon examination was found suffering from :
1- Nervous colonists .
2- Chonic pelvic inflammations
3- severe prostatic inflammation
4- Hyperglycosuria.
5- Hyperglycocemia.
6- Sugar deficiency attacks (Fits)
7- The patient had previously heart catheterization made by Prof. Dr. Ezz El - Din al – Sawi, and needs another one.
d- The patient was recommended to be examined by cardiologist and vassalages to check his heart case and enlarge coronary arteries.
13- Page 13 , paragraph 6 , the report indicated that the legal doctor :George Barrakat Nassif , from fronsic medical staff examined the patient on 12/7/2006 and found no sign which seen by that legal doctor.
14- Page 12' paragraph 7 , the report by Prof .Dr . Amrou Ahmed Gad , Prof . of blood Vessels surgery in Cairo university hospitals indicated that the patient suffers from foot inflammated nerve ends .
15- Page 12 , last paragraph , the report by Prof .Dr . EZZ . El – Din Al – Saway , the Cardiologist indicated that the patient suffers from :
a- Hyperglycosuria .
b- Hypertension blood .
c- Mitral Malfunction .
d- The patient had diagnostic catheterization of the coronary arteries with brackets , chest pains and arrythemia .
16- Page 13, paragraph 5 , on 14/6/2006 the patient was examined by a medical committee in his jail , the medical committee in his Jail the medical committee was formed by the legal doctor and head of medical directorate upon decision of the G.A ( general attorney )
International Cooperation Bureau ,No . / 347 on 22/8/2006 . the report has been released yet . ( N.B the actual report was executed on 25/1/2007 )
17- Page 13 , the report indicated that pulse 108 / min .
18- Page 17 , item 4 : the report indicated the following .
Mr1 made on 6/12 /2006 showed that the patient suffers from 1 st class degeneration in the posterior born of the crescent cartilage joint of the two knee with a little mal in the right knee with album in reaction and little focuses from mucous degeneration in the crescent cartilage joint posterior horn with side dilation of the knee patella with other sound parts.
b- Fatty liver .
c- Coarse sediment in kidney .
c- Simple prismatic inflation ( swelling)
d- The oculist and surgeon Aymen Fawzi G 1/12/2006 Indicating that the patient suffers from simple changes in retina .
e- On 18/12/2006 a catheterization was made in heart arteries , the examination result came in CD , and suffers from theological effects and recommended for medical treatment.
19- The report indicated in page 19 , what we previously proved of cervical vertebrae, knees ,liver fats prostatic enlargement, the report indicated also that the patient suffers from hyperglycemia and blood hypertension .
The patient suffers form high sugar rate in blood with blood hypertaension syndrome that reported by medicine of critical cases Kasy – el – Eini sherif Mukhtar , Because of this cronic syndrome , the patient found to be suffering from .
- Simple changes due to diabetics in retina .
- Atheroma in metal arteries ( heart catheterization ).
- The report indicated that the patient needs : medical treatment , special food system .
20- page 20,item 3 the report indicated that , on examining the end blood vessels in the two legs , sign of limbs blood circulation deficiency appeared in a form of coldness in the lower limbs , and sign of simple thickness in their blood vessels.
21- pages 20 , 21 item 4 :
the report showed hyperglycosuria syndrome , of long effect , the case applies to the convict herein .
This syndrome has many complications effecting the various blood vessels .
a- The limbar blood circle has effects on the lower limbs that may lead to glycol foot or glycogangrene .
b- This syndrome may lead to changes in vision due to affected retina caused by hyperglycosura (cronic) .
c- This syndrome affects the heart by narrowing the heart mitral blood vessels ,
that may cause sudden death by heart attack .
This may occur without obvious sign .
This syndrome may affects sensation which lessen feeling .
22- The committee headed by the senior legal doctor concluded that the general health case of the convict upon examination allows his continuation in his jail , (confinement ) with any danger or threat of life now if he is put under medical care of the jail specialized hospital for continuous treatment and observation .
THE EXAMINATION OF THE SUBMITTED PAPERS INDICATED THAT THE CONVICT IS SO SICK THAT HIS LIFE IS THREATEN BY A TOTAL OR PARTIAL IMPAIRMENT ( DISABILITY ) .

Forensic Medicine Report Warns Of:
"Sudden Death" For Ayman Nour
We Expose Lies They Published and Promoted
Secret File
To whom benefit;
Fallacy And Changing Realities Reach
Up To This Limit

The forensic medicine report edited on 25th., of January 25, the sickness condition of Dr. Ayman Nour, the report committee consisted of president of forensic medicine sector, and head of forensic medicine physicians Dr. Moustafa Ayman Fouda, and his assistant Dr. Kamal Al-Sa'adani, as well as, Brigadier Doctor Kamel Mohamed Ebeid, representative of Medical Department in Prisons Authority, report exposed the following:

· That sickness condition of Dr. Ayman Nour he suffers from it in his jail now, represents in correlation of many sickness illness leaded by illness of high level in Diabetes and blood pressure; and Complications of influence on the cardiovascular system and various heart arteries and the resultant lack of these arteries leads to the incidence of Sugar gangrene.

Report points out in its last page (page 22) under item "Condition and Opinion", the following: "in addition to Impact sick ills suffered by the kidneys, which arises failure of its functions".

· As about affection of this correlation upon heart, represents in narrowness of Coronary blood vessels of the heart, leading to the top of coronary arteries may lead to ascend coronary arteries may lead to : Sudden Death without apparent symptomatic; we repeat pervious sentence : Sudden Death without apparent symptomatic.

· Report adds, clarifying reasons that report expects in item "Condition and Opinion" about Sudden Death without apparent symptomatic; " the illnesses correlation that patient is suffering from effects nervous feeding, matter that leads to less feeling with pain – we mean heart attacks – which leads to absence of symptomatic appearance, thus, correlation of these illnesses have a long term with patients those suffer from it since a long time ago, and that what is taking place in Dr. Ayman Nour's sentenced Case.
We repeat "in Dr. Ayman Nour's sentenced Case."

· Report gave reasons in end of item four of "Condition and Opinion" about the correlation between expected result of sudden death and Dr. Nour 's case as follows:
We submit in this regard what is contained in the report of the critical care unit In Kasr El-Aini Hospital for cardiac cases of minors kind of case and sentenced his ailments long as progress in this regard what codify information network and in this regard to demonstrate forth in the attached documents from 1 to 5.
· The report dealt with the medical authorities prevented his extradition to the prison at the time parts of it were leaked to the people committing the crime of divulging secrets medical set forth in article 013 penalties are different from the seriousness of the situation sick of Dr. Ayman Nour has revealed the following :
- The report pointed to the first page by the Commission on October 7, 2006 examination of Dr. Ayman Nour in Tora Prison Farm, said the report: "We found full - heartbeat irregularity, whether in the rhythm, or hesitation".
· The report revealed through the 22 pages of the serious discrepancies between what the Prison Service and the information revealed by tests conducted at a hospital on the palace kind 6-18 last December, for example:
- Report stated in page 12 page that 27/6/2006 has been working on radiation paragraphs cervical by the Medical Department of Prisons ended safety paragraphs cervical. In the same period, in particular the page 20 that clinical examination and rumors revealed the presence of landslides Gristliness and bone deposits in the form of protrusions prominently in the distance between paragraphs cervical fifth, sixth and seventh! ..
- The report also pointed to page No. 18 that the X-held December 6, 2006, also revealed the presence of prolapse sliding rear in paragraphs cervical!
· "At the same time, the report pointed to the prisons of the report in 18/9/2006 by the editor of Colonel Mustafa Sami said that the situation of the hand bones and knees stable report also pointed to page 5, in 21/11/2006 Administration confirmed the prison medical absence of any obvious signs of changes morbid in keens»!
· While the relevant report on page 20 that on 06/12 a difference of 15 days only show the existence O-rays analyzed in the first degree bones knees and analyze Horn rear of articular arcuate crest arytenoid cartilage of braces left with kneed Yemeni and interaction Albuminous kneed and hot real decomposition product of Mucous Horn back the crest arytenoid cartilage, with a laxity in rump.
· This was indicated by the report after 15 days, which only confirmed on November 21 by Prisons Authority in the absence of any signs of morbid changes in keens. But that Prisons recognized District Attorney Maadi four joints of Dr. Ayman Nour, and refused to move him an ambulance, and its insistence on riding car transport multiple degrees rise, despite the impossibility of this with the suffering of diseases not seen after the Medical Department of Prisons did not move, on after prosecutors communications rigging reports medical violation of Article 222 Penalties Law; When will move the Attorney General?!
· Report of forensic stated that situation of Dr. Ayman Nour's arteries item "Situation & Opinion" existence of Athiroma in coronary arteries according to contents of operation CD of heart surgery conducted to Dr. Ayman Nour in the 18 December 2006.
· As for eyes situation, report referring to influences in eye retina as the report of Dr. Ayman Fawzi professor of ophthalmology in Kasr El-Aini signed on 6/12/2006; also pointed to report of Prison Doctor Magdi Hassan specialist Ophthalmology at December 17, which confirmed the presence of a eye-fly, and inflammation in conjunctiva, and rims Eyelids. Report also pointed in page 6 to report of Dr. Ahmed Hathout declaring existence of internal bleeding in the eyes could threaten situation of Dr. Ayman Nour at any moment, with a lack of backbone optical, then blindness.
· The report also pointed to item IV on page 18 results examinations carried out by Kasr Al-Aini of a slight inflation in liver, and presence of leakages and kidney deposits roughed. Report also pointed in page 19 to changes in athiroger heart's, according to contents of operation CD of heart surgery conducted to Dr. Ayman Nour in the 18 December 2006.
· Report also uncovered the existence of the parties Osima lower limbs, according to a report by Dr. Amr Gad, called knowledge in prison July 11, 2006, and confirmed that Dr. Ayman Nour is suffering from a viral inflammation of nerve terminals and a puncture wound to the right foot, the antithesis. also contrary to report prepared by Director of the Medical Department of Prisons Lance worshiper of the peace, who confirmed that there were neither apparent injuries modern nor old, neither bruises nor abrasions.
· Contrary also demonstrated by Pathologist George Barakat Nassif who conducted medical examination, which took place in July 12, 2006, and confirmed the absence of any existence of injuries resulting from the use of handcuffs.
· "What is more dangerous is revealed by the report of the involvement of medical administration in the prisons in issuance of report on liberalization of the X-regular, as well as for eyes be conduced on 27/6/2006, after the transfer of Dr. Ayman Nour to another prison to conduct examinations, which ended in a territorial completely while it's firm in Prison's documents, it did not move him or be transferred since this date, to anywhere else. Accordingly, there has been no such X-rays or examinations; never.
· The report also reviewed many of the medical reports reveal important seriousness of the situation, Dr. Ayman Nour, including report of Dr. Ezz El-Sawi, Cardiology Professor, and Vice President of Al Azhar University, which was signed disclosure on Nour in prison in August 5th., 2006, when he confirmed that Nour is suffering from hypertension and sugar inadequate coronary session and the need to install pillars in heart arteries; page 13.
· Report also pointed page 6 to report of Dr. Ihsan Abdel Salam Ashoor; Bones Professor dated October 2nd., 2006, of the existence of pressure on the spinal cord due to the increasing nature of residence in prison, which feared it if it continues to prevent polio quadruple recommending a surgery to stabilize some moving vertebrals.
· Report also pointed in same page to report of Prof. Dr. Mohsen Al-Desouky Bone Surgeon, who warned polio quadruple to rack case spine.
· The report also pointed to rays and radium lens be conducted in Misr International Hospital confirmed the existence of contagious viral stomach wall and the presence of stones in right kidney.
· In the third and fourth page, report cited references to several medical reports which deregulated before prison Ayman Nour during his introduction to some British hospitals and foreign doctors, where a report was issued by London Bridge Hospital and another hospital that Queen Squire, London; and changes Indissolubility spinal column as A report issued by the Center for heart disease, diabetes and London of August 5, 2003, the existence of the body's resistance to Insulin. As report by Dr. Diana Brock, of Cromwell Hospital, a catheter for coronary arteries and the presence of a narrow and erection of windshield in anterior artery and others.
· Forensic medicine report completed its verses with expectation of sudden death (Page 22), with words indicate that the situation of Nour's heart; did not reach the heart muscle's failure, "recently", but it did not specify what happens after hours or days or weeks or months, that particular it link between the word "recently" provided that all people are aware of its impossibility in the current conditions, and not available in these severe and blunt circumstances; where Dr. Ayman Nour; said the report and recommended towel and follow-up in light of what it called; the provision of all the elements of his medical care that is impossible in light of continued incarceration of Nour.
· "It remains the last question: Why prisons refused delivery of this report to concerned person/, and why promoted in some quarters, newspapers and in Human Rights Commission of the People's Assembly last portion where wasteful and ignoring the seriousness of the statement in full 22 pages.

In the interest of reaching the fallacy of the facts of adversity and to this extent?! And up to when the silence?

On the Road to Peace and Democracy in the Middle East

2006-11-03T07:11:00.000-05:00

At the beginning of October 2006, Ayman's wife, Gameela Ismail, was not allowed to leave Egypt to attend a conference in the U.S. How was she kept from leaving Egypt? Why with that government's old standby--they simply created a lie against her.

For those of us throughout the world who live in truly free countries, we must wake up and realize the frightening path that has and continues to be carved by our indifference, but even more so by the belief and acceptance that there are "good" (friendly to us) dictators and then there are "bad" (unfriendly to us) dictators. There is a tremendous cost that comes with such thinking. Dictators are all the same--highly insecure, narcissistic, despotic, and greed-ridden personalities. We are pushing the citizens of these countries whose dictators we support down a painful path. History has shown when the west supported Batista, the world ended up with Castro; when the west supported Farouk, the world ended up with Nasser, and when the west supported the Shah of Iran, the world ended up with Ayatollah Khomeini. The heart and soul of any nation are its people, not its leaders. Therefore, if the west is concerned about its long-term interests in the region, then the west needs to reach out to the citizens of these nations.

The Middle East is the cradle of civilization. It is from where democracy was born. We who are free must help this region heal by stop supporting the region's dictators; through the practice of fairness and equality by not favoring one nation over others; and by working toward bettering the lives of each and every citizen of the region so they can each have the opportunity to live the Egyptian dream or the Iranian dream or the Syrian dream, etc., if they so choose. Those dreams are exactly the same dreams we who are free have opportunities to either achieve or to not achieve--the difference being we have the freedom to choose.

As more citizens of the free world become educated, knowledgeable, and aware of what is causing so much conflict and unrest in the area, leaders of free nations will find that to successfully lead, they will have no choice but to deal with policies that each and every man, woman, and child are subjected to under the tyrantry of a dictator. Some leaders have already stepped up to the plate and to each of them we are grateful and thank MEP Ari Vatanen and MEP Edward McMillan-Scott; Congressman Adam Schiff, Congressman Frank Wolf, Congressman Dave Obey and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. We salute you for your foresight, for your efforts, and for staying consistent!

Imprisoned Egyptian politician to have heart stents

2006-08-05T13:41:00.000-04:00

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Source: Reuters

CAIRO, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Imprisoned Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour will go into hospital on Saturday to have stents inserted in his arteries, his wife said on Thursday. MORE . . .

Appeal Which Appreared in August 5, 2006, Issue of The Free Ayman Nour Newsletter

2006-08-05T13:30:00.000-04:00

Dear All,

We appeal to each of you to not forget about Egypt.

We are referring to all of you: employees, members of the Parliament, teachers, U.S. State Department employees, researchers, retired people, etc. to not abandon the Egyptian civil society.

In this harsh period of war in the Middle East, the international community should not forget its duty to condemn dictators.

The crisis in the Middle East is not only regional, but also global. The international community cannot continue to give credit to dictators, hoping that they will save the situation. The international community should not fall into this trap.

Mubarak is internally very weak, but has understood that he could have a chance to continue to rule if he could act as a mediator in the crisis in the region.

In fact, "act" is really the right word. Mubarak did not manage to reach any cease-fire. Why in the world, Hamas - the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood - should listen to one of its own enemies?

However, this part of the equation did not discourage Mubarak. He flew to Saudi Arabia and asked for help from the Wahabi, knowing that they have more power than he does. So now he is "cooperating" to find a solution, showing how "good" he is, covered by the Saudis and other times by the Jordanians.

The international community is scared of the Muslim Brotherhood and they think that keeping Mubarak will help the Middle East have a "secular State" and a "valid mediator in the region."

The international community is totally wrong. In this way, it is just destroying our beloved Middle East. Mubarak, who is now "acting" as the man of Peace, is a DICTATOR no less than Bashar el-Assad.

Mubarak is the man who jailed Saad Eddin-Ibrahim under fake accusations and let him be tortured. Mubarak is the man who jailed Ayman Nour under fake accusations and deprived his sons of having a father. Mubarak is the man who has thrown in jail 20,000 political prisoners. Mubarak is the man who orders the police to stop peaceful demonstrations in the streets and allows the beatings of teenagers, who are later raped in jail by Mubarak's security forces.

Is this a man of Peace? By supporting Mubarak, the international community is not only killing hope - especially in the younger generations - but such continued support to Mubarak will be translated into internal chaos, increasing protests, demonstrations, discontent among the population, anti-westerners and anti-Semitic feelings.

If the international community wants to change the situation in the region, it can start by freeing Ayman Nour. If the international community will not do anything, we have already advised you to not be astonished when you see young people, who have lost all hope, burning with hate against the west.

In the meantime, the Egyptian civil society will continue alone its fight for democracy and freedom, trying to save itself.

Write Letters to the U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus

2006-08-01T19:06:00.000-04:00

Link to list of addresses: http://www.roadtodemocracy.com/HumanRightsCaucusAddresses.pdf

Copy of Letter I wrote to each Human Rights Caucus Member.

Re: Ayman Nour and Gameela Ismail

Dear :

The situation for Ayman Nour and his wife, Gameela Ismail, appear to have become extremely grave. Word has been received that the Egyptian government has brought "charges" against Gameela and she is extremely concerned about being arrested as she has two children. Additional "new" charges have been brought against Ayman. Ayman and Gameela are not only good friends to the United States, they are human beings who should not have to undergo the terror to which they are being subjected. Ayman and Gameela share a profound bond with the people of the United States–they cherish freedom and democracy. Please do not abandoned Ayman and Gameela. They have and are sacrificing so much to promote freedom and democracy in Egypt.

As a taxpayer, I must ask, why are we giving this one-man-rule leader of Egypt who is called president, but whose actions are those of a dictator, $1.3 billion in military aid?

How can we send our children to fight and die in Iraq in the name of democracy while at the same time provide funding to a government that has proven disdainful to our form of government (democracy)?

If Mubarak was not disdainful to our form of government, he would never persecute and terrorize Egyptian citizens who cherish the principles of democracy and freedom as we do. Without the $1.3 billion, Mubarak would not be able to finance his own form of terrorism on his own people. Terrorism is terrorism. There are no gray areas. Please do not let the United States be used as a conduit to fund terrorism on the people of Egypt by funding such a leader as Mubarak.

Please ask Congress to withhold the $1.3 billion from Egypt until Dr. Nour is released with a promise from Mubarak that neither Dr. Nour, his wife and children will be harassed and terrorized again. Withholding the military aid is the only thing that Mubarak will understand as his "friendship" is shallow. Please stop the torture, imprisonment without cause, control of the press and media, disrespect of Egyptian citizens' human rights anddignity, and disappearance of those who speak out against the Mubarak regime of terror.

Sincerely,

2006-04-19T05:55:00.000-04:00

support Ayman Nour for democracy in the Middle East.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke

Alert

April 18, 2006

Imprisoned opposition leader investigated for "insulting" president, denied right to disseminate written material, told by prison authority to cease criticisms

Read this Alert

Call from Ayman Nour to All Human Rights Organizations

To: Human Rights Organizations
From: Dr. Ayman Nour, prisoner at the Tura Mazara'a General Prison
April 17, 2006

Read this Memorandum

Nour threatens new hunger strike in jail
(AFP)

17 April 2006

CAIRO — The jailed leader of Egypt’s opposition Ghad (Tomorrow) party will go on hunger strike if the prosecution does not improve the conditions of his detention, his wife and spokeswoman said yesterday. Read this Article

Egypt opposition leader Nour moves court against ban on writing
(AFP)

13 April 2006

CAIRO — Jailed Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour filed a petition yesterday accusing prison authorities of banning him from writing articles for his party newspaper, his wife said. Read this Article

Press Release
Ayman Nour and His Defense Make Serious Charges against
The Prisons' Authority in a Complaint to the Attorney General
Nour's Sons and Supporters Assaulted during Investigation at the South Cairo Prosecution

April 13, 2006

Read Press Release

Government punishes Nour for not “behaving”

April 13th, 2006 at 11:42am Ursula Lindsey

Al Dustour, an opposition weekly, has just run an article about the deteriorating conditions under which Ayman Nour is being held.

Dr. Ayman Nour is living this tragedy in a narrow room at the Tura Mazraa prison. He was obliged to choose to stop taking his medicine or using the hospital’s health care equipment for fear that he would receive an AIDS infection or be infected with the skin disease after the prison administration transferred four AIDS patients who had earlier been in isolation and three others suffering from scabies.[…] Read this Article

Egypt stops opposition leader Nour from writing, says wife
(Reuters)

10 April 2006

CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have stopped jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour sending articles to his party’s newspaper, Nour’s wife Gameela Ismail said yesterday. “The prison authorities said he is not allowed to send written papers outside the prison anymore,” Ismail said told Reuters after meeting Nour in prison. “There is a decision to stop him from writing,” she said. Read this Article

Egypt's Chance for Democracy

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At the end of December 2005, Dr. Ayman Nour was sentenced to five years imprisonment because he chose to run for President of Egypt, giving the Egyptian citizens a choice in candidates instead of the present one-man rule. Dr. Nour was arrested and tried for defending democracy, freedom, and political pluralism.

The West has been telling the world that democracy in the Middle East will be beneficial not only to the citizens of these Middle Eastern nations but to the nations of the world. Yet, few people are really committed to helping Dr. Nour.

Your support is needed for the birth of a true democracy in the Middle East as well as helping Dr. Nour in his struggle to bring real democracy to Egypt. The path for reforms in the region goes through his liberation. Please sign this online petition http://www.freeaymannour.org/ which is sponsored by Dr. Nour's wife, Gameela Ismail.

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Please send letters to the Subcommittee on the Middle East and Asia asking that they recommend that no military aid be given to Mubarak. I sent 18 copies in one flat rate U.S. Priority envelope to Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee, but realized after sending these letters by U.S. Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation, that I should have separately mailed copies of the letter to the Democrat members and Republican members of the Subcommittee as their addresses are different. After realizing my error, I telephoned Congresswoman's Ros-Lehtinen's office and was told that most likely she would see that each member of the Subcommittee receive a copy. Certainly, I was not politically correct, and hence, extended apologies to the young man who answered the phone and relayed my concerns.

Link to the letter for the Democrat members of the Subcommittee:

http://www.roadtodemocracy.com/DemocratSubcommitteeLetter.pdf

Link to the letter for the Republican members of the Subcommittee:

http://www.roadtodemocracy.com/RepublicanSubcommitteeLetter.pdf

You will need to print out one copy of each of the above letters, write in or type your address, the date, then at the bottom of the letters, sign, and then type or print your name. Please make certain that you put your return address on the envelope as this ensures that the letters will be given to the Subcommittee.

March 15, 2006, Letter Sent to Subcommitte on the Middle East and Central Asia

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March 15, 2006

Committee on International Relations
Subcommittee on The Middle East and Central Asia
U.S. House of Representatives
2170 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Re: Ayman Nour and Gameela Ismail

To: Madam Chairwoman Ileana Ross-Lehtinen
The Honorable Steve Chabot
The Honorable Gary L. Ackerman
The Honorable Thaddeus G. McCotter
The Honorable Howard L. Berman
The Honorable John Boozman
The Honorable Joseph Crowley
The Honorable Connie Mack
The Honorable Shelley Berkley
The Honorable Jeff Fortenberry
The Honorable Adam B. Schiff
The Honorable Jo Ann Davis
The Honorable Ben Chandler
The Honorable Mike Pence
The Honorable Dennis A. Cardoza
The Honorable Katherine Harris
The Honorable Russ Carnahan
The Honorable Darrell Issa

As an American I feel it a duty and as a human being a dire need to inform the members of this committee that the situation for Ayman Nour and his wife, Gameela Ismail, has become extremely grave. Although, I have occasional email contact with Gameela, I had to read an article in The Chicago Tribune to learn what is actually happening to her and Ayman. The Egyptian government has brought "charges" against Gameela and she is very concerned about being arrested as she has two children (a friend from that region has confirmed Gameela's concerns). This same friend informed me that Gameela cannot leave Egypt. Gameela mentioned she is undergoing interrogations. In a recent email Gameela requested, "please pray for us." Additional "new" charges have been brought against Ayman. Both are under extreme stress.

Ayman and Gameela are not only good friends to the United States, they are human beings who should not have to undergo the terror to which they are being subjected because they embrace democracy. Ayman and Gameela share profound bonds with the people of the United States–they cherish freedom and democracy. They have the same family values as each of us in this country hold dear and important. Please do not abandoned Ayman and Gameela. They have and are sacrificing so much to promote freedom and democracy in Egypt.

No member of this committee would allow their children to be friends with and support the thugs and bullies in their respective communities. Therefore, why do our leadership and representatives ask American citizens to support and be friends with thugs and bullies within the community of nations?

I have attached copies of some photographs taken from the website of Nora Younis, who is a freelance photojournalist. Ms. Younis gives blanket permission for their use as long as her website is mentioned. I suggest that every American who cherishes freedom and democracy visit that site as there are stunning photos of the citizens of Egypt struggles to become free. Here is the URL address to Ms. Younis' website: http://www.norayounis.com/ Ms. Younis photographed various demonstrations on the streets in Egypt. Additionally, on Ms. Younis' website, toward the lower right-hand side, one can find a link entitled Ayman Nour's Trial at the Minister of the Interior. As Ms. Younis points out, with all the security forces in place, one would have thought a terrorist was on trial, not a freedom loving reformer for democracy. It should be mentioned that Ms. Younis coordinated the production of a documentary tracing democracy in Egypt for PBS.(http://misrdigital.blogspirit.com/files/coverage/noor_trial_28jun2005.htm)

It is the citizens of Egypt that we need to make friends–not their tormentor. How can we expect the citizens of Egypt to embrace us after Mubarak is out of office as our dollars (military aid) contribute (Mubarak's security forces) to costing them their God given right to be free–free from torture, free from imprisonment for no reason, a free press, and all the inalienable rights that freedom encompasses. The logic is, far better for the United States to have a nation of friends and not just one lone man who ruthlessly punishes those who love democracy and freedom.

As a taxpayer whose family roots go back to the American Revolution, Civil War (Union on all sides), and the World Wars, I must ask, why are we giving this one-man-rule leader of Egypt who is called president, but whose actions are those of a dictator, $1.3 billion in military aid?

How can we send our children to fight and die in Iraq in the name of democracy while at the same time provide funding to a government that has proven disdainful to our form of government (democracy)? If Mubarak was not disdainful to our form of government, he would never persecute and terrorize Egyptian citizens who cherish the principles of democracy and freedom as we do.

Without the $1.3 billion, Mubarak would not be able to finance his own form of terrorism (his security forces) on his own people. Terrorism is terrorism. There are no gray areas. Anyone who uses terror, torture, marshal law, flagrant disrespect for other's human rights and dignity cannot be and will never be supportive of our nation's values.

President Mubarak will not miss something he does not as yet have, e.g., Free Trade Agreement, but he would definitely miss the $1.3 billion in military aid given to them by the United States. Before Dr. Nour, there was Professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim. He was released only after the United States withheld supplemental funding to Egypt.

The citizens of the United States would not want to be used as a conduit to fund terrorism on the people of Egypt by funding such a dictator as Mubarak. Ayman Nour and Gameela Ismail are paying a high price because of Mubarak's personal insecurities as a human being. We in this country have always taught that competition is healthy and we have always encouraged it as it is a product of democracy.

For all the goodness and decency that we in this country hold in high esteem, please recommend withholding the $1.3 billion from Mubarak until Dr. Nour is released from imprisonment without further harassment and terrorizing. Withholding the military aid is the only thing that Mubarak will understand as his "friendship" is shallow and based only on our funding of his folly. It does not take a rocket scientist to see through Mubarak.

Withholding the military aid from Mubarak will reinforce the United State's firm stand for freedom and democracy in that region of the world. Respect for us by the citizens in that region will rise because we will actually be doing what we speak. Additionally, we, the average citizens, really the backbone of the United States, who work very hard to pay our taxes so that there can even be such aid to Egypt, will no longer have the values we cherish compromised by our leaders and representatives. No longer will we be forced to support and be friends with the thugs and bullies within the community of nations. Disrespecting democracy and freedom is disrespecting all people who cherish and have made great sacrifices to uphold these highest of ideals.

If our nation continues to support Mubarak and his son, the foundation on which this nation was built, all the sacrifices made throughout our history to keep this land free will have all been done in vain. We cannot sell our souls to dance with the devil and then expect the angels to sing–we cannot have it both ways. The heart and soul of any nation are its people, not its leaders. When this nation liberated European nations during World War II, it was the people who greeted our soldiers, not their leaders. Let us dance with the good citizens of Egypt, so we may be greeted as friends by them.

Please do not forsake Ayman Nour and Gameela Ismail.

Thank you for your kind considerations.

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara C. Eaton
/bce

Egypt's Hunger for Democracy

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Photo from Nora Younis Blog

Gameela visiting her husband, Ayman Nour, in prison.

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