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Amal Clooney to Egypt's Sisi: Pardon jailed Al Jazeera journalist
The Jerusalem Post ^ | 1/17/15 | jpost.com staff

Posted on 01/17/2015 11:07:11 PM PST by LibWhacker

British-Lebanese human rights lawyer urges Egyptian president to expedite release of Canadian-Egyptian reporter.

British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has called on Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to release and pardon an imprisoned Egyptian-Canadian journalist for Al Jazeera, whom she represents.

The attorney - who recently wed Hollywood star George Clooney - released a statement Friday, expressing disappointment over the lack of "concrete" progress toward the release of Mohamed Fahmy following a meeting with Egyptian and Canadian diplomats, Egypt's Al-Masry Al-Youm reported.

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird expressed cautious optimism for Fahmy's release after talks with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukri on Thursday.

“We hope that the Canadian government is resolved to continue the diplomatic process until Fahmy is released and can return home,” the paper quoted the statement as saying.

In the statement, Clooney pointed to Sisi, stating that he held the power to pardon the "bogus charges" against Fahmy, which lead to his conviction and sentence to seven year in jail.

Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Australian Peter Greste were sentenced last June to between seven and 10 years for spreading lies to help a "terrorist organization", a reference to Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

According to the Egyptian report, Clooney stressed that it was "essential that Fahmy be transferred to Canada as soon as possible, in compliance with Egyptian and Canadian laws and applicable international instruments."

In November, Sisi said the issue of a presidential pardon was under discussion. Egypt's High Court ordered a retrial of the men on January 1.

Rights groups and Western governments have criticized the detentions. Al Jazeera says the trial was flawed and has demanded the journalists' release.


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Sick of these high-school dropout Hollywood dilettantes thinking they have the intellectual wherewithal to step on the world's political stage and awe us with their wisdom. In this case, I'm not sure if dilettante George married dilettante Amal to help catapult him onto the stage or the other way around.
1 posted on 01/17/2015 11:07:11 PM PST by LibWhacker
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Al Jazeera, whom she represents

Oh boy.

2 posted on 01/17/2015 11:09:54 PM PST by marron
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I always figured he’d marry a Muzzie to impress his lefty friends.


3 posted on 01/17/2015 11:14:54 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 7 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
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Al-Sisi has more credibility is his little toe than Clooney and all his clan and his colleagues and his wife’s extended goathumping relations and anyone who thinks they matter at all combined.

Maybe that was all of them, maybe not.


4 posted on 01/17/2015 11:15:29 PM PST by bakeneko
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Amal Clooney is the Muslim Brotherhood’s replacement for Huma Abedin, after the Anthony Weiner debacle weakened Abedin’s influence. Her parents, like Abedin, are steeped in the Brotherhood, and linked to Hamas as well. She is PRETTY so she gets away with her Islamist/far-leftist hidden agenda and phony “legal” activities. But make no mistake, she is a very dangerous woman, especially since her husband will be sworn in as California Senator in 2 years’ time.


5 posted on 01/17/2015 11:15:57 PM PST by montag813
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Charlton Heston on George Clooney:

“I guess class skips a generation”


6 posted on 01/17/2015 11:17:01 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 7 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
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Evidently a bloodthirsty evil seed that spans centuries can also be good in the sack.


7 posted on 01/17/2015 11:21:08 PM PST by SpaceBar
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She’s hardly a dilettante; she actually a pretty high profile attorney with a range of experience and an impressive client list.


8 posted on 01/17/2015 11:21:10 PM PST by stormer
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I think Georgie has screwed his pooch by marrying this Muzzie animal.


9 posted on 01/17/2015 11:21:41 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

What is it with lefties and loveless marriages?


10 posted on 01/17/2015 11:25:29 PM PST by LibWhacker ("Every Muslim act of terror is followed by a political act of cover-up." -Daniel Greenfield)
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They like to feel like victims.

They marry someone they’ll only tolerate or hate, so they can feel like victims and feel sorry for themselves.


11 posted on 01/17/2015 11:32:55 PM PST by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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SISI is looking good. Why is this dumb Hollywood “human right lawyer” involved in this. Dumb vile liberal!!

BTW she is CHRISTIAN Lebanese background


12 posted on 01/17/2015 11:34:23 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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She’s being very unprofessional by speaking so publicly about a case. She’s supposed to maintain a professional demeanor at all times and should not be mouthing off no matter what.


13 posted on 01/17/2015 11:34:33 PM PST by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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Without Clooney she’s nothing. Not in the muslim world. This story never would’ve made the news without his name attached to it. Certainly, she would have had zero influence over al-Sisi without witless George standing next to her. Now suddenly she’s got some. Damned dilettante’s arrived. imo


14 posted on 01/17/2015 11:42:19 PM PST by LibWhacker ("Every Muslim act of terror is followed by a political act of cover-up." -Daniel Greenfield)
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“BTW she is CHRISTIAN Lebanese background”

Whoever told you that was wrong.

Both her parents are Muslims.


15 posted on 01/17/2015 11:46:30 PM PST by ifinnegan
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I’m not going to pretend I know more about this than either one of you. I don’t. I just became aware of it today. Wiki (and I’m aware of Wiki’s unreliable reputation) says her father is Druze and her mother muslim, with some commentators claiming that she, too, is muslim.


16 posted on 01/17/2015 11:53:12 PM PST by LibWhacker ("Every Muslim act of terror is followed by a political act of cover-up." -Daniel Greenfield)
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Besides being very good looking she has an incredible and serious resume. George married up...way up.


17 posted on 01/18/2015 12:39:04 AM PST by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coups)
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To: marron

Oooops . . . My bad . . . I misread the headline, I thought it said ANAL not AMAL. And I thought “What’s George up to now?”.


18 posted on 01/18/2015 1:31:47 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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and a radical lefty anti-semite


19 posted on 01/18/2015 1:42:02 AM PST by GeronL
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You are right. Her mother is Sunni////// Father is Drzuze Muslim which does have some Christian beliefs in it,

VERDICT! = Muzzzzzzie mixed up mutt


20 posted on 01/18/2015 4:22:32 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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