Tuesday, November 05, 2013

The brave Mr. Bahaa el-Din

"Mona Seif, an activist working to end military trials for civilians, said advocates had presented Mr. Bahaa el-Din and other ministers with the names of some of the thousands of people detained since July — many of them on political charges — and received no response.

Before the military takeover, she noted, Mr. Bahaa el-Din had been an outspoken critic of military trials for civilians. “Now there is nothing,” she said. "