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New Egyptian blog calls for release of Iranian detainees
Daily News Egypt ^ | July 3, 2009 | Sara Elkamel

Posted on 07/04/2009 11:51:21 AM PDT by STE=Q

CAIRO: A group of Egyptian activists launched a website demanding the release of Iranian protestors detained on account of demonstrations following the allegedly rigged presidential elections in Iran.

"We were obliged to defend the rights of the Iranians to express their opinions without being condemned and jailed for doing so. They shouldn’t be detained for expressing their anger toward certain suspected glitches in the elections..."

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailynewsegypt.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dictator; egypt; election; iran; jimmahcarterslegacy; obama; revolution

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