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Category: EgyptBy Curt on Oct 29, 2007 in Imprisoned bloggers, Egypt | 0 Comments
According to an article in Egypt’s Daily News, Hala El-Masry, a Coptic human rights activist and blogger also known as Hala Helmy Botros, was arrested in Qena governorate this weekend and interrogated by State security.
She claims she was forced previously by state security to discontinue her internet blog Aqbat Bela Hodood (Copts Without Borders) […]
By Curt on Oct 14, 2007 in Abd El-Rahman Faras, Muslim Brotherhood, Imprisoned bloggers, Egypt | 4 Comments
On her blog Egyptian Chronicles, Zeinobia says a Muslim Brotherhood-aligned blogger named Abd El-Rahman Faras was arrested yesterday. A post titled “We will watch them as they watch us” on his blog (Ar.) “My tongue is my pen” was the trouble.
(H)e had written personal details about the officers of the State security in Fayoum […]
By Curt on Oct 3, 2007 in Twitter4Kareem, Kareem, Egypt | 5 Comments
As we mentioned before, we are co-sponsoring a protest on November 6 with FreeKareem. On that date, the Egyptian blogger Kareem will have been unjustly incarcerated for one year, due to communicating his opinions on his blog. There are physical marches and other activities set to coincide with this date. On our end, we are […]
By Curt on Sep 2, 2007 in Abdel Monem Mahmoud, Threatened bloggers, Kareem, Egypt | 1 Comment
Update: Amr reminds us (in comments):
Monem showed solidarity for Kareem, but he was not jailed because of this. He was detained because of his campaigning against referring Muslim Brotherhood members to military tribunals, and because he spoke out about a former detention and torture experience he went through.
Egyptian blogger Abdel Monem Mahmoud was imprisoned for […]
By Curt on Aug 24, 2007 in Egypt | 0 Comments
Wael Abbas has been given the Knight Award by the International Center for Journalists for the journalism he has committed on his blog.
Abbas is the first blogger to win the award. His blog, Misr Digital, regularly breaks stories on subjects generally avoided by local media, such as protests, corruption, and police brutality. His vivid first-hand […]
By Curt on Aug 22, 2007 in Imprisoned bloggers, Kareem, Egypt | 4 Comments
Kareem, a 22-year old former college student from Alexandria, is in prison in Egypt. He was sentenced on February 22, 2007 to four years in prison, three for “contempt of religion” and one for “defaming the President of Egypt.” Free Kareem have mounted a campaign to free him that has proven to be a public […]
