Oct 6/13
Tarek and John are out of jail.
Thank you to everyone who followed, supported, wrote letters, helped, worked, and kept going when this thing ended up going so much longer than we thought it would.
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Tarek and John end hunger strike
Oct 2/13, 8pm
We learned today that Tarek and John have ended their hunger strike. They have resumed eating solid food under medical supervision. They saw a doctor, as well as staff from the Canadian Embassy, today.
Tarek and John commenced their hunger strike on September 16, a month after their arrest, to call attention to their unjust and arbitrary detention leading up to their scheduled hearing on day 45 (September 30). Their secondary demands were the improvement of the conditions of their imprisonment and increased exercise time. These were won.
Tarek and John Update: Time to close the loophole
Oct 1/13, 10pm
Time to close the loophole
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PM Stephen Harper calls for immediate release
Sept 29, 10:20pm
The families of Tarek and John are pleased to see Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s statement that Tarek and John should be released immediately.
Egyptian authorities extend detention of two Canadians for a further 45 days
September 30th, 2013
For immediate release –
45 days after their initial arrest while seeking Egyptian police help returning to their hotel at a checkpoint, Canadians Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson have had their detention extended for a further 45 days by Egyptian prosecutors.
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Detention extended another 45 days
Sept 29/13, 11:30am
We have heard from our lawyers in Cairo and can confirm that Tarek and John’s detention has been extended by the prosecutor for another 45 days. They have not been charged.
The media contact today is Cecilia Greyson, cgreyson@gmail.com
Impending Charges? Tarek and John in their own words
September 28/13, 11am
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A Day of Concern at York University for Tarek & John Sept 26 12:30pm Vari Hall
On Thursday 26 September at 12:30 p.m., President Mamdouh Shoukri will join other members of the York University community in front of Vari Hall to speak out for the release of John Greyson and Tarek Loubani from the Egyptian jail where they have been held without charges for nearly six weeks. They are now into their second week of a hunger strike.
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Demonstration tomorrow in Montréal, family and friends call for diplomatic action
Family and supporters of Tarek Loubani and John Greyson, two Canadians now a week into their hunger strike in Egyptian prison, will be protesting at the Egyptian Consulate in Montréal at 1pm this Tuesday September 24. Tarek and John have been in prison for more than a month, and supporters are demanding that calls from the Canadian government for their release be supported by real diplomatic action.
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Deputy PM of Egypt in Toronto this week?
Sept 22/13, 9:30am
A good friend of Tarek and John’s found this article in Bonjour Egypte:
http://bonjouregypte.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=53890
The article, published yesterday, says that Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Cooperation, Zeyad Bahaa Eddine, is coming to Canada – specifically, to Toronto. He is coming to have “high level discussions” about “ways to support Canada-Egypt economic cooperation”.