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23 February 2010

Egypt: FREED - Ahmed Douma released 18 days after completing sentence

Alkarama has just received news of the release of Ahmed Douma on Monday 22 February 2010. Despite having recently completed a one year prison sentence on 5 February 2010, Ahmed Douma remained arbitrarily detained until his recent release. At the time of his arrest on 5 February 2009, Ahmed Douma was returning from Gaza where he had been showing his support for Palestine in the aftermath of Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip in January 2009.


Alkarama takes the opportunity of Ahmed Douma's release, to further condemn the Egyptian authorities continued insistence upon denying its citizens of their universal human rights by arbitrarily detaining those who support democratic freedoms.
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