Demonstrations and rage continued in Egypt following the death of a young Egyptian, allegedly at the hands of police. The anger on the street is evident online, where citizen journalists speak out. My Name was Khaled and I was not a Terrorist is the name of a new Facebook page condemning police torture and the use of the Emergency Law to terrorize citizens. “The emergency law is a tool in the hands of the executive power to storm many basic rights and freedom guaranteed by the Egyptian Constitution,” explains the International Federation for Human Rights. Khaled Said's death enraged many Egyptians, who went out on demonstrations protesting his brutal murder; Amnesty International urged the Egyptian government to investigate the killing of this young man; and the government claimed he was a criminal. Khaled's murder is summarized again on the Facebook English page: The story began on 7th June 2010 when Khaled Saeed went to his usual Internet cafe in Sidigaber – Alexandria Egypt. Then two wild detective cops – Mahmoud Alfallah and Awaad Elmokhber/the detective – ambushed that cafe asking people for their IDs which is totally out of their authority and without legal permission He – Khaled – did reject that way of inhumane treatment and conequently was attacked so viciously, was kicked in his chest and belly severely, and his skull was smashed with the marble bar before all people and witnesses in the cafe while khaled was bleeding. Then savage cops abducted khaled and put him inside the police vehicle to continue torturing him to death in the police station. Finally, they had thrown his corpse in the street to claim that he was attacked by some strangers in order to avoid responsibility. All of this is a result for the oppression system that Mubarak control Egypt under emergency law which gives the police the upper hands to treat the residents as slaves. Shadowy added: Eyewitnesses –cyber café clients and street pedestrians- asserted that the whole beat thing had carried on constantly for 20 minutes, and had been executed in full view of everyone, accompanied by Khaled´s screams, tears, and cries for help. Another witness, Mahmoud Ali, reported that the two policemen had taken the victim´s body to “Seidy Gaber” police station, and brought it back 15 minutes later to the crime scene, and called an ambulance in order for them to get away with their crime. Khaled´s brother certified to “Shorouk Newspaper” that Khaled had never been detained that particular night in any police station or elsewhere, and that he was very well-behaved, well-liked, and admired by his neighbors and friends. He also mentioned that he´s from a virtuous family, whose sons aren´t prison birds. “As soon as I had heard the police station´s conviction of my brother, I headed straight for the American Embassy and informed them of the incident, since I´m American citizen; I thought my American passport would safeguard me, in lieu of the Egyptian one, which is the main reason for his holder´s dishonor” He added. The victim´s attorney, Waleed Saeed, had filed a complaint to the public prosecutor, accusing the two policemen of beating and torturing Khaled to death, and dragging his corpse all the way to the police station. Who could have ever thought that the price Khaled would pay for asking “why” his basic rights were violated was going to be his life?! Well, as it turns out, this is the case under emergency law; every Egyptian should think twice, before he goes too far and decides stand up for his civil rights, assuming he is Martin Luther King of his age. Traveller Within highlighted how the police handled the crime scene: Policemen subsequently returned to the scene in search of any recording devices or phones that could’ve reported the incident. They failed however to prevent the news from being covered and widely shared via Twitter and other social media tools, which detailed accounts of the events, shared photos of the deceased before and after his death, and began to organize for demonstrations and civil actions to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice and to protest the use of Emergency law, in place since 1981 and extended just last month for a further 2 years, with the explicit declaration by the state that it would only be used “in cases of terrorism and drug trafficking”. Photo by Sarah Carr Will E. went to the June 13th demonstration and gave the following account The Traveller Within posted videos, photos, live clips, and wrote: There were several demonstrations across Cairo yesterday, demanding justice for Khaled Mohamed Said and for his assassins to be judged – all the way up to the Minister of Interior, Habib El Adly.
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Egypt: My Name Was Khaled and I Was Not a Terrorist
2026-11-15 08:58:01 · The Daily Ledger
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