Message to
The United Nations, European Union, United States,
and all Democratic and Free countries
On 17 May 2015, the Egyptian government executed six people, in what
is a further example in a litany of human rights abuses perpetrated by the
regime of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
It is of note that several of those executed had been imprisoned prior to
the incident in question and therefore could not have been present at the
scene of the offence for which they had been charged.
Further, Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically elected President of
Egypt, has been sentenced to death by the Egyptian courts following a
trial that cannot be described as anything other than a farce.
We, as individuals and organizations committed to human rights and
democracy, communicate this message to the international community:
By its silence or, through its tacit approval of the Egyptian government
through diplomatic recognition and foreign assistance, the international
community is facilitating the numerous human rights abuses perpetrated
by the regime.
The commitment of the international community to the rule of law and
the observance of human rights is being questioned by the peoples of the
Middle-East following what can possibly be seen as a double standard.
Having been prevented from exercising their democratic rights and
having their voices silenced through oppression there are those that are
taking ever more extreme means. It is a natural consequence that this
discontent has been seized upon and exploited by violent organizations
like ISIS and similar factions.
We would urge you to consider the consequences of this support for the
regime of el-Sisi and the ramifications for the citizens of Egypt.
We urge you to continue to pursue the rule of law and respect for human
rights in the Middle East.
We urge you to condemn the government that ordered and approved
massacres in Egypt.
We urge you to withdraw support for this regime!
Best Regards
Professor Noam Chomsky
Institute Professor, retired MIT
Cambridge, MA, USA
Toby Cadman
Barrister-at-law, Chambers of Anthony Berry
QC -Founder of the International Forum for
Democracy and Human Rights, U.K.
Arun M. Gandhi
Gandhi Global Center for Peace
Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay
Deputy Chairman of Foreign Relations for
Justice and development party in Turkey
Dr. Norman Finklestine
Teaching in the Centre for Middle Eastern
Studies at Sakarya University in Turkey
Carl Buckley
Executive Director
International Forum for Democracy and
Human Rights, United Kingdom
Hacene Zitouni
Journalist, UK
Colonel Ann wright
Former United States Army Colonel and
Retired U.S. State Department Official. USA
Medea Benjamin
Founder, Code Pink
Sara Flounder, CEO
International Action in USA
Missy Crutchfield, Editor-in-Chief
Gandhi BE Magazine, USA
Melissa Turner
Journalist, Gandhi BE Magazine, USA
Yusuf Burke
CEO, Georgia chapter
Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR). USA
MRARI Abdelmajid
President of AFD International –France
Olivia Zémor
President of CAPJPO-EuroPalestine France
Collectifs des femmes pour les droit de
l'homme Organization in France
Aly R. Abuzaakouk, PhD
President the Libyan American Public Affairs
Council
Elected member for Libyan Parliament
Dr.Ayman Nour
Founder of the independent Ghad Party
President, Ghad El-Thawra
Dr.Mohamed Mahsoob
Professor, Sorbonne University
Former minister of state for Parliamentary
affairs
Dr. Maha Azzam
President, Egyptian Revolutionary Council
Dr. Essam Abdel Shafy, Professor
Political Science & International Relations
Dr. Saif Eldeen Abdel Fatah
Professor of Political Science &
International Relations. Egypt
Professor Safei-Eldin Hamed, Ph.D.
Center for Egyptian American Relations,
Washington, DC. USA
Maissa Abdelatif
Egyptians Abroad for Democracy Worldwide
Dr Ahmed Helmy, MBBCh , MSc, FRCPI ,
FRCPUK (Glasgow) Consultant physician
Honorary Lecturer - Queen's University
Belfast. Diabetologist & Endocrinologist
Western Health & Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland - UK
Yosry H. Bekhiet
Engineer,
New York, USA
Hesham Osman, DA/CFO
Columbia University, NY, USA
Dr. Amr Darrag
Former Minister of Planning and
International Cooperation, Egypt
Dr. Gamal Heshmat
Chairman Egypt Parliament
Dr. Abdul Mawgoud Dardery
Chairman, FRC, Egypt Parliament
Professor of International Relations
Said Abbasy
Egyptians Americans for Democracy and
Human rights
Amany Turk Hansen
Consultant at Danish Refugee Council
Sameh Shafi
Executive manager
New perspective Ltd
Muhammed Shoubir
All 4 Justice
New York. USA
Wasfy Ashour Abu Zaid
Egyptian Academic
Sameh Elhennawy
Attorney at Law
Egyptian American for Democracy and
Human Rights, Washington DC.USA
Dr. Akram Alzind
Egyptian American for Democracy and
Human Rights, Washington DC. USA
Ayat Oraby
Journalist, New York. USA
Dr. Hamed Elfeky,
Physician & Center for Egyptian American
Relations (CEAR) Washington DC. USA
Dr. Ibrahim Hussein
Washington, DC. USA
Mohamed Helal
Vice-President of the Executive Bureau
The Arab media freedom monitor and
Egyptian TV presenter
Nahla Nasser
Master of Engineering and MBA, ESME
Sudria. Spokesperson for Egyptians Abroad
for Democracy Worldwide
Aly Soliman, Consulting
Engineer& Activist, Washington DC. USA
Dr. Hisham Gadalla, Pediatrician Board
member of Islamic education foundation
Egyptian American for Democracy and
Human Rights, USA
Dr. Mohamed Helmy,
Physician & University Professor
Washington, DC. USA
Hisham Takyeldin,
Software Engineer, Sr , USA
Mostafa Ghandour, Director
Tawasol Organization for Human Rights
Holland
Ahmed Afifi
German teacher and translator
Hazem Eleskandarani, P.E.
Global Director
Worldwide Engineering & Technical
Operations
Johnson & Johnson
Mohamed Ismail
MBA Kennesaw University
Coordinator for Egyptians Abroad for
Democracy Worldwide, Atlanta. USA
M. Nashaat Nassr, Ph.D., MPH
USA
Amin Mahmoud, PhD
Center for Egyptian American Relations.
Washington Dc. USA
Association Justice for Egypt Geneva
Center for Egyptian American Relations
All 4 Justice
Collectifs des femmes pour les droit de
l’homme Organization in France
Danish Refugee Council
Everything for Turkey Platform
Egyptians Abroad for Democracy
Worldwide
Gandhi Global Center for Peace
Egyptian Americans for Democracy and
Human Right
Georgia for Peace
International Action in USA
Libyan American Public Affairs Council
International Forum for *Democracy and
Human Rights
Turkish American Cultural Society
Tawasol Organization for Human Rights
We Care Organization