politicodiary

Release of political prisoners is a part of the national dialogue agenda that is yet to be fully implemented by El Sisi’s government Is Egypt trying to be in the good books of the world or is it something else? The Middle Eastern country has recently, released political detainees that had been held with trial. The latest release includes 31 men and two women whose release was announced by by Tareq El Khouly, a pro-government legislator and a member of a presidential commission that is reviewing the files of political detainees held without trial. Human rights activists have revolted against the detainment of political detainees for a long time. Hundreds of political detainees have been freed since President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called in April for a national dialogue to review key policies. The move was widely seen to be a major, though carefully calculated, move towards allowing a higher degree of freedom in the country. Rights groups claim that thousands, mostly Brothe...

An exiled Iranian group has sought help from the American judiciary to bring President Ebrahim Raisia to trial for his active participation in political massacre of 1988. There is trouble brewing inside the power pockets of Iran as an exile group has now announced a New York lawsuit against the Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisia little before he is to attend the UN General Assembly. There is a challenge been placed on the table for the US authorities. Only when things were looking as they were going to stabilize for the nuclear deal, skeletons from the closet are coming out to stall the process. There are mixed opinions over whether the deal should at all go through. The exiled group is called the National Council of Resistance of Iran that has accused Raisia for having played a key role in the massacre and inhuman killing of about 30,000 political prisoners. Under the Geneva Convention, political prisoners are to be treated fairly and they have the right to decent hygienic means ...