Wael EskandarRT @[email protected]: #Egypt Tomorrow in court journalist @[email protected]
#MyPicForShawkan #FreeShawkan
#MyPicForShawkan #FreeShawkan
RT @[email protected]: #Egypt’s authorities have demanded death by hanging of the young photojournalist @[email protected] - for the ‘crime’ of reporting on a protest. Join the @[email protected] solidarity campaign #MyPicForShawkan #Sisi https://rsf.org/en/news/egyptian-prosecutors-seek-death-sentence-photographer
Egyptian prosecutors seek death sentence for photographer | Reporters without borders
Prosecutors have requested a death sentence for Mahmoud Abou Zeid, an Egyptian photojournalist known as Shawkan who has been held for four and a half years. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the complete disproportionality of the proposed sentence and reiterates its call for his immediate and unconditional release. The photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, alias Shawkan is one of the more than 700 defendants in a political mass trial in Cairo for whom the “maximum penalty” – death by hanging – was requested by the prosecution on 3 March. Arrested in connection with an anti-government protest in Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in August 2013, they are all accused indiscriminately of charges that include murder, attempted murder and membership of a banned organization (the Muslim Brotherhood).“Seeking the death penalty for a photographer who simply covered an opposition demonstration is a political punishment, not an act of justice,” RSF said. “Shawkan’s only crime was trying to do his job as a photographer. He must be freed at once.”Shawkan was arrested on 14 August 2013 while on assignment for the British photo agency Demotix, covering the use of force by the security forces to break up the Rabaa al-Adawiya Square protest by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. His detention is regarded as arbitrary by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.Egypt is ranked 161st out of 180 countries in RSF's World Press Freedom Index.
RT @[email protected]: #مصر: الصحفي المصور شوكان يواجه عقوبة الإعدام لمجرد قيامه بعمله. تضامنوا معه من خلال نشر صوركم مرفقة بالوسم #MyPicForShawkan.
كل رسالة من رسائل الدعم تنطوي على قيمة لا تُقدَّر بثمن. شكراً على المشاركة!
RT @[email protected]: #MyPicForShawkan #Egypt The photojournalist Shawkan has been in prison for nearly five years and is facing a possible death sentence for doing his job. https://bit.ly/2EyOt2Y
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the photographers community are mobilizing for Mahmoud Abou Zeid, an imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist also known as Shawkan, who is facing the possibility of death by hanging. | Reporters without borders
The international campaign, which will start at 10 a.m. Central European Time tomorrow (10 April), aims to get as many people as possible to post photos of themselves with the hashtag #MyPicForShawkan on social networks. It will be relayed, amongst others, in the 12 countries where RSF is represented. In the photos, they are asked to pose as Shawkan did for a photo during a court appearance, miming the action of taking photo. Many well-known people have agreed to take part in the campaign. They include the photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand and many others (see the list below). “We have decided to launch this solidarity campaign on social networks because of the gravity of the situation,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “We are aware of the power of a popular movement on the Internet and we know its efficacy in shaking things up. If we succeed in mobilizing thousands of people around the world, the Egyptian government will not be able to ignore our appeal.” Shawkan was arrested on 14 August 2013 while trying to provide the Demotix photo agency with coverage of police breaking up a demonstration in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo’s Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square. Egyptian prosecutors requested the death penalty for this young man on 3 March.Photographers and journalists participating to the campaign:- Visa pour l'Image festival founder and director, Jean-François Leroy- Photoreporters Patrick Baz, Pauline Beugnies, Samuel Bollendorf, William Daniels, Laurence Geai, Guillaume Herbaut, Seif Kousmate, Catalina Martin-Chico, Ammar Abd Rabbo, Mélanie Wenger...- Members of MYOP agency and Studio Hans Lucas- Members of photographer collectives Argos, Collectif item, Riva press- The journalists Dimitri Beck, Loup Bureau, Auberi Edler, Claude Guibal, Etienne Huver, Lucas Menget, Thomas Misrachi, Clémentine Sarlat...And RSF team:
RT @[email protected]: @[email protected] #MyPicForShawkan campaign is starting : let’s get as many people as possible to post photos of themselves with this hashtag in support of the photojournalist Shawkan jailed in #Egypt since 2013 &who may face a death sentence just for doing his job.
RT @[email protected]: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the photographers community are mobilizing for Mahmoud Abou Zeid, an imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist also known as #Shawkan, who is facing the possibility of death by hanging. https://rsf.org/en/campaigns/reporters-without-borders-rsf-and-photographers-community-are-mobilizing-mahmoud-abou-zeid #MyPicForShawkan #Egypt
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the photographers community are mobilizing for Mahmoud Abou Zeid, an imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist also known as Shawkan, who is facing the possibility of death by hanging. | Reporters without borders
The international campaign, which will start at 10 a.m. Central European Time tomorrow (10 April), aims to get as many people as possible to post photos of themselves with the hashtag #MyPicForShawkan on social networks. It will be relayed, amongst others, in the 12 countries where RSF is represented. In the photos, they are asked to pose as Shawkan did for a photo during a court appearance, miming the action of taking photo. Many well-known people have agreed to take part in the campaign. They include the photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand and many others (see the list below). “We have decided to launch this solidarity campaign on social networks because of the gravity of the situation,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “We are aware of the power of a popular movement on the Internet and we know its efficacy in shaking things up. If we succeed in mobilizing thousands of people around the world, the Egyptian government will not be able to ignore our appeal.” Shawkan was arrested on 14 August 2013 while trying to provide the Demotix photo agency with coverage of police breaking up a demonstration in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo’s Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square. Egyptian prosecutors requested the death penalty for this young man on 3 March.Photographers and journalists participating to the campaign:- Visa pour l'Image festival founder and director, Jean-François Leroy- Photoreporters Patrick Baz, Pauline Beugnies, Samuel Bollendorf, William Daniels, Laurence Geai, Guillaume Herbaut, Seif Kousmate, Catalina Martin-Chico, Ammar Abd Rabbo, Mélanie Wenger...- Members of MYOP agency and Studio Hans Lucas- Members of photographer collectives Argos, Collectif item, Riva press- The journalists Dimitri Beck, Loup Bureau, Auberi Edler, Claude Guibal, Etienne Huver, Lucas Menget, Thomas Misrachi, Clémentine Sarlat...And RSF team:
RT @[email protected]: 4 years 7 months
1.700 days
40.800 hours
2.448.000 minutes
It's the time that @[email protected] has been in prison. Not a single minute more is justified. If he is in jail we are all in jail. Here goes
#MyPicForShawkan #Egypt #FreeShawkan #freepress
1.700 days
40.800 hours
2.448.000 minutes
It's the time that @[email protected] has been in prison. Not a single minute more is justified. If he is in jail we are all in jail. Here goes
#MyPicForShawkan #Egypt #FreeShawkan #freepress
Please spread the word for imprisoned photojournalist Shawkan. #MyPicforShawkan #FreeShawkan