By Aswat Masriya A Giza court extended the detention of Esraa al-Taweel, a student and amateur photographer 45 more days Monday, bringing the 23-year-old to tears in the courtroom. The young photographer had asked the Judge for leniency given her deteriorating medical condition. Taweel faces charges of “belonging to a terrorist organisation” and calling for disrupting laws, for preventing state institutions from operating, for assault on personal freedom and “harming national unity” by spreading false news. She was arrested on June 1 and was denied proper care for a debilitating bullet wound she ironically acquired covering protests marking the third anniversary of the January 2011 uprising. During her recovery, she has had to use a wheelchair for months. In a statement in September, Amnesty International said Taweel “may not be able to walk again unless she can continue her physiotherapy treatment.” The watchdog called for her release and that she be granted access to medical care. Taweel has been at the centre of public calls by both local and international groups, demanding that Egyptian authorities halt the “enforced disappearances” of “dozens”, as Human Rights Watch put it. The watchdog’s Middle East director, Joe…
Young Egyptian Student Breaks Down in Tears as Detention Extended
November 3, 2015
