Sunjeev Bery

Category: Egypt

  • Will a US citizen get a life sentence tomorrow in Egypt?

    U.S. citizen Mohamed Soltan is wrongfully imprisoned in Egypt and on hunger strike.  Mr. Soltan is at risk of receiving life imprisonment tomorrow on trumped up charges and for so-called “crimes” that are not recognized under international standards and human rights law. Will the Obama Administration do more than just privately push for his release?  There…

  • WSJ Live: Egypt Convicts Three Al Jazeera Journalists

    One day after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Egypt, three Al Jazeera English journalists were sentenced to prison. My Wall Street Journal interview.  Amnesty International’s full statement.

  • WBAI Interview: Egyptian Military and Police Abuses

  • Press Release: Egyptian Military’s Power Grab Endangers Human Rights

    JUNE 19, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Trimel, strimel@aiusa.org, 212-633-4150, @strimel (Washington D.C.) — Amnesty International USA’s advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa, Sanjeev Bery, issued the following comments today in response to the developing situation in Egypt: “The move by Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to give itself unlimited power free of…

  • Roots of Discontent: Egypt’s Call for Freedom

    Harvard Kennedy School Review April 2011 By Sanjeev Bery On January 1 of this year, few would have predicted that Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak would soon be removed from office. But just three weeks later, thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to begin the push for change. In the aftermath of Tunisia’s political…

  • Pro-reform groups to protest Mubarak in Washington DC

    Peaceful Demonstration in Front of the White House Supporting Democracy & Human Rights in Egypt Organized by: The Alliance of Egyptian Americans, Voices for a Democratic Egypt, Houkouk  Alnas, International Quranic Center, Coptic Assembly of America,  and Ibn Khaldun Center For Development Studies Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 11 am to 4 pm Between Madison Avenue…