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Security beefs up at activist Doma's trial for insulting president Security measures and forces at Gharbiya courthouse are intensified during the trial of activist Ahmed Doma on charges of insulting the president
The Gharbiya security directorate intensifies security measures and forces in the Tanta Court complex vicinity ahead of the opening court session on Sunday in the trial of activist Ahmed Doma on charges of insulting Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi. Security has cordoned off the courthouse in the event riots break out during the court session, details Al-Ahram Arabic news website. In February, Doma, a staunch critic of the Muslim Brotherhood, called the president "a killer" over the phone on a television programme as he held him responsible for the murder of activists since he came to power in June 2012. On 30 April, following a legal complaint by a citizen angered by Doma's criticism of the president, Egyptian prosecutors in the Nile Delta city of Tanta ordered the detention of the activist for four days, pending investigations. This isn't Doma's first run-in with the state after the January 25 revolution. In 2012, he had been arrested during the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, following a clash with military personnel in front of the Egyptian cabinet headquarters near Cairo's Tahrir Square. Accused of incitement and vandalism, he was conditionally released in April 2012 pending further investigation. On 16 March, Doma was beaten (along with other activists) by Brotherhood supporters while painting anti-Brotherhood graffiti outside the group's headquarters in Mokattam. The leftist activist, who is a member of the Popular Current, opted not to file a legal complaint against the Brotherhood due to his lack of trust in the justice system and, instead vowed to fight the group, politically. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/70729.aspx
