Medea Benjamin Detained in Egypt: Press Coverage |
Medea Benjamin, US Activist, Live-Tweets Night Detained In Cairo Airport
Huffington Post - 3 hours ago
Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of anti-war group Code Pink, flew to the Egyptian capital en route to the Gaza Strip to take part in an international women's delegation, according to a statement by the group. When Benjamin was denied entry to Egypt by ...
US Activist Detained at Cairo Airport
New York Times - 3 hours ago
CAIRO - Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of the American protest group Code Pink, which opposes United States military actions, said Tuesday that she had been detained in the Cairo airport and assaulted by the Egyptian police while trying to travel to Gaza ...
"Help. They Broke My Arm. Egypt Police": Peace Activist Medea Benjamin ...
Iranian - 59 minutes ago
MEDEA BENJAMIN: Well, I'm in a lot of pain. I've gotten two shots of painkiller, but it's not enough. They fractured my arm, dislocated my shoulder, tore the ligaments. They jumped on top of me. And this was all never telling me what was the problem. And so, it ...
US activist, CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin held overnight in Egypt jail ...
CBS News - 13 hours ago
LONDON -- American rights and peace activist Medea Benjamin said Tuesday that Egyptian police held her at an airport jail without explanation and that they had broken her arm. "Help. They broke my arm. Egypt police," Benjamin, who co-founded the ...
US activist claims Egyptian security forces roughed her up
USA TODAY - 3 hours ago
Egyptian officials denied Medea Benjamin was assaulted, saying she had refused to leave despite being told that the border to Gaza is closed because of military operations in the area. However, other members of the same delegation of women activists ...
CodePink activist Medea Benjamin jailed in Egypt, begs for US help
Washington Times - 11 hours ago
The co-founder of the peace activist group CodePink, Medea Benjamin, said Egyptian police have grabbed her and put her in jail, breaking her arm in the process. She's appealed for the United States or for someone else to intervene and save her, CBS ...
Egypt: American activist is detained in Cairo, says police injured her
Los Angeles Times - 9 hours ago
The activist, Medea Benjamin, boarded a return flight to Istanbul, where her organization said she planned to seek medical treatment for injuries suffered while in Egyptian custody. Benjamin is a co-founder of Code Pink, which describes itself as a grass-roots ...
Code Pink's Medea Benjamin Says that Egyptian Police Broke her Arm
The Wire - 7 hours ago
Code Pink's Medea Benjamin was on her way to Gaza on Tuesday when she was detained in a Cairo airport. And according to the activist, she was injured before eventually being deported to Turkey. "Help. They broke my arm. Egypt police," Benjamin ...
Egypt deports US anti-war activist on way to Gaza
CNN - 8 hours ago
(CNN) -- Egypt on Tuesday deported an American anti-war activist who was trying to travel to the Gaza Strip. Medea Benjamin, who co-founded the Code Pink anti-war group, said she was detained on arrival at Cairo airport Monday evening. She had planned ...
US rights activist alleges Egypt police abuse
Reuters - 10 hours ago
Egypt police," tweeted Medea Benjamin, founder of protest organization Code Pink, which rose to prominence for opposing the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. She said she was now in Turkey after being held in a poor conditions in a cell at Cairo airport.
US Code Pink Co-Founder Held at Egypt Airport Is Deported (1)
Businessweek - 12 hours ago
A co-founder of the U.S. peace group Code Pink, Medea Benjamin, who was detained at Cairo airport en route to the Gaza Strip, has been deported. Benjamin has been deported to Turkey, Code Pink said in a Twitter posting. The activist was on her way to ...
U.S. anti-war activist says Egyptian police 'stomped on me' NEWS.GNOM.ES - 4 hours ago
Anti-war activist Medea Benjamin charged Tuesday that she suffered a dislocated left arm and severe trauma after being detained on arrival in Egypt and then forced by security officials from a jail cell at the Cairo airport onto a Turkey-bound flight.
Why One Of The Most Famous Protesters In America Was Tweeting Last Night ...
Business Insider - 8 hours ago
On Tuesday night, Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the activist grassroots group Code Pink, spent a harrowing night in an Egyptian jail cell. She live-tweeted her experience. It was a little after 8 p.m. on the United States' East Coast when she first posted ...
Egypt deports CodePink anti-war activist Medea Benjamin after police break her ...
Raw Story - 8 hours ago
Egypt on Tuesday deported an American anti-war activist who was trying to travel to the Gaza Strip, airport officials and the activist herself said. Medea Benjamin, who co-founded the CodePink anti-war group, was detained on arrival in Cairo airport on ...
CODEPINK co-founder detained without explanation in Cairo
UPI.com - 7 hours ago
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the political activist group Code Pink, speaks out against President Barack Obama during his speech on counterterrorism at the National Defense University on May 23, 2013 at Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin Dietsch.
US Gets Code Pink's Medea Benjamin Released from Egyptian Jail After She ...
The Nation. (blog) - 9 hours ago
CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin is surrounded by security as she shouts at President Barack Obama during his speech on national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
CodePink's Medea Benjamin Released from Egyptian Jail After She Reports ...
The Nation. (blog) - 11 hours ago
Medea Benjamin. Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin is surrounded by security as she shouts at President Obama during his speech on national security, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster). The Code Pink co-founder is apparently in Turkey today, ... |
