Light at the End of the Tunnel

An Egyptian court refuses to drop charges against a police officer who tortured a suspect to death, although his defence provided a document which states that his wife has withdrawn the case. Read more details>>

Thanks to news like that, although in fact very few, for giving me hope that there might be a beam of light at the end of the dark tunnel we're all squeezed into nowadays. I would like to congratulate this court and the judges who stood by the victim's family. We can all imagine what they are going through nowadays and the amount of pressure and terror they are subjected to. Actually those judges stood by us all to bring back the faith we lost in ourselves as citizens. We see how our votes are handled for us in elections, how we are not allowed to say no, how we can't preserve our dignity, how we get bitten in our streets by a princes' dogs, how we get beaten and harrassed in demonstrations, how we get the worst treatment in the governmental offices, how we are denied our basic rights.. and we wonder if we are still human. This court came to say, that even on a tiny scale, we still can keep our humanity.

Thanks to those decent judges, you all desrve badges of honor, ones that are much better than what the government can ever give you, ones that are inscribed into our hearts. And to all those who are reluctant to take a similar stand. I say, don't loose faith in us. We might get scared and throw away our rights (as the victim's family in this case did) but we only need a helping hand to save us from falling. If we are allowed to see a way out of the darkness, we'll all run towards it.