From her confinement, Egyptian lawyer and activist Mahienour El-Massry penned an open letter to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 25 January revolution. “We are still on the journey to build a humane and just society,” the 30-year-old said in her letter. El-Massry is currently serving a one year and three months imprisonment sentence over a Muslim Brotherhood-era case. In mid-2013, during the presidency of ousted Mohamed Morsi, she was among a group of lawyers protesting in front of El-Raml police station in Alexandria, calling for an official apology from the Ministry of Interior after having injured a fellow lawyer. The lawyers were subsequently arrested and charged with attempting to break into the police station. El-Massry, a member of the Revolutionary Socialists Movement, believes Egyptians are facing both internal authoritarianism and tyranny, as well as an international system that is inhumane, and to which people mean nothing compared to profits and oil, “but we are still in the fighting ring. “We made mistakes sometimes, we were defeated sometimes…We were arrogant sometimes and hopeless at other times,” El-Massry said. Her letter, carrying a hopeful tone, mentioned five lessons “for everyone.” “There is…
5 Lessons From Jailed Egyptian Activist Mahienour El-Massry on #25Jan
January 25, 2016
