Free Philip Rizk

From the IHT:
German-Egyptian blogger freed in Cairo
The Associated Press
Published: February 11, 2009
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities released a 26-year-old German-Egyptian blogger on Wednesday, five days after he was arrested after a march supporting Gaza, but three other pro-Palestinian activists were sentenced to prison by military courts.
Egypt is increasingly sensitive to criticism about its response to Israel’s Gaza [...]

From The Guardian:

Abducted in Egypt
The detention of protesters highlights Middle East governments’ ambivalent attitudes towards support for the Palestinians

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Ben White
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 10 February 2009 10.00 GMT
Article [...]

From Agence France-Presse:
Egypt police detain second pro-Palestinian blogger
17 hours ago
CAIRO (AFP) — Egyptian police have detained a pro-Palestinian student and blogger who is being held at an unknown location, the second such arrest in recent days, a rights group and a security official said on Monday.
Diaeddin Gad, 22, who writes the Sawt Ghadib (Angry Voice) [...]

From the New York Times:

Van Spirits Away Protester in Egypt, Signaling Crackdown on Criticism Over Gaza

Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times
Students and faculty members of the American University in Cairo on Sunday protested the detention of a demonstrator.

By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
Published: February 9, 2009
CAIRO — State security came for Philip Rizk on Friday night. [...]

From the Associated Press:
Germany seeks reasons for student’s Egypt arrest
By KATARINA KRATOVAC – 9 hours ago
CAIRO (AP) — German diplomats pushed Egyptian authorities Monday to explain why a German-Egyptian student was arrested and where he was being held, after he took part in a march in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
Philip Rizk also contributed to [...]

From The Associated Press via IHT:

CAIRO: Police searched the home of a detained German-Egyptian activist in the pre-dawn hours Monday, his sister said, while an international human rights group criticized Egyptian authorities for disregarding legal and judicial procedures in the detention.
The search came four days after the arrest and disappearance of activist Philip Rizk, a 26-year-old [...]

German-Egyptian activist, 70 Muslim Brotherhood detained

Arrested Gaza activists still missing in Egypt

Gaza activist targeted
Singled out
Protest crackdown
Brotherhood members still jailed

Supporters started a Facebook group Support and Prayer for the Safe Release of Philip Rizk

DUBAI (Courtney C. Radsch)
Students at the American University of Cairo (AUC) demonstrated for the release of a German-Egyptian graduate student and Gaza activist [...]