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1:30pm, Aug 20/13
Today a district prosecutor in Cairo sent a press release to domestic Egyptian media outlets referring to the detention for 15 days of nine foreigners — 4 Irish, 2 Syrian, 1 Turkish, and 2 Canadian — pending investigation into a wide-ranging list of allegations concerning events that took place at the al-Fateh mosque and the Azbakiya police station.
Continue reading “Update: Replying to far-fetched allegations, calling for immediate release”
August 19th, 2013
16:30am EST
For Immediate Release –
Egyptian authorities continue to detain two Canadians, Professor and Filmmaker, John Greyson, and Emergency Physician, Tarek Loubani, 4 days after their initial arrest.
The families of the two detained Canadians are calling on the Canadian Government to work towards their immediate release.
4:30pm, Aug 19/13
Although we believed there was going to be a consular visit to Tarek and John in their Cairo prison today, there was no visit.
Continue reading “Update Monday August 19: No visit today, pressure needed for immediate release”
August 18th, 2013
15:30pm EST
For Immediate Release –
Egyptian authorities are currently detaining two Canadians, Professor and Filmmaker, John Greyson, and Emergency Physician, Tarek Loubani, 48 hours after their initial arrest.
Egyptian authorities have yet to provide a reason for the ongoing detention of the two Canadians.
3:20pm, Aug 18/13
We have heard from Canadian consular services that they managed to visit Tarek Loubani and John Greyson in the Egyptian prison facility. Tarek and John have both passed messages through consular services that they are okay. We still have no information about charges. Consular services will be seeing Tarek and John again tomorrow.
12:30pm, Aug 18/13
Canadian officials have confirmed to numerous members of the press that they are aware of John and Tarek’s arrests and are providing them with consular services.
There has yet to be any communication with family or friends. We presume this means that consular staff have not yet had direct access to John or Tarek.
Pressure is still needed to get confirmation of their condition and to ensure their release.
9:55am, August 18/13
We don’t have official confirmation from the Canadian authorities, but we have reason to think that John and Tarek have been located.
Pressure is still very much needed to get confirmation of their condition and to ensure their release.
8:30am Toronto time, August 18/13
We still have no confirmed information about John and Tarek’s whereabouts. We calculate that the best course of action would be for Canadian and US friends to pressure Egyptian embassies and consulates and also Canadian and US foreign affairs offices. Many of these offices will not be open on Sundays, but here is some contact information.
Canadian Embassy in Egypt: cairo@international.gc.ca
Egyptian Embassy, Ottawa, Canada
Phone:
+1-613-234-4931
+1-613-234-4935
Email:
egyptemb@sympatico.ca
Egyptian Consulate General, Montreal, Canada
Continue reading “Update on John & Tarek’s arrests: pressure on Egyptian authorities needed”
Two Canadians, doctor Tarek Loubani and filmmaker John Greyson, were arrested by Egyptian police yesterday in Cairo. They were en route to the Gaza Strip, where they are working on an academic and medical collaboration between the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and the main hospital in the Gaza Strip, the al-Shifa hospital.
Continue reading “Two Canadians, Tarek Loubani and John Greyson, arrested in Egypt”
Misinformation about martial arts seems to have played a role in the Zimmerman verdict. Because of the mass popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), there is an assumption that people know more about martial arts than they actually do.
When the defense asked Zimmerman’s MMA (mixed martial arts) trainer to demonstrate the ‘mount’ position and the ‘ground-and-pound’, the defense’s theory was based on two propositions.