LAWYER OF 7 AM MOVEMENT GIRLS NOW ALSO DETAINED

         Cairo, 28 Muharram 1435/2 Desember 2013 (MINA) – A lawyer representing the 21 student girls who were sentenced to 11 years in prison for protesting on the Alexandria corniche has now also been detained, according to a Alexandria security official.

        “Joint missions by the department and the National Security Authority on Monday resulted in the arrest of Ahmed al-Hamrawy, defense lawyer for the Alexandria girls, and five others, pending investigation in (his involvement) in inciting violence,” Major General Nasser al-Abd, head of the criminal investigation department, told Al-Masry Al-Youm.

         Al-Abd said the arrest of Hamrawy has nothing to do with the case of the convicted girls, Egypt Independent quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

         Ahmed al-Hamrawy is lawyer of 21 young females from 7am Movement who were detained in Alexandria after protesting for the reinstatement of ouster president Mohamed Morsi.

          Fourteen girls were sentenced last week to 11 years in prison, while seven minors remanded into juvenile offenders mansions, over accusation of rioting and violence.

          The harshness of the verdict has ignited criticisms by activists and politicians from the whole political spectrum. (T/P03/E1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)