Court refuses to release Egyptian bloggerBackground here.
Published: Dec. 5, 2011 at 4:58 PM
CAIRO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- An Egyptian court has refused to release an activist blogger accused of participating in clashes between protesters and the military that killed 28 people.
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Meanwhile, the Syrian Government is getting in on the oppress-the-bloggers act:
Prominent Syrian blogger arrestedAnd the world is watching them too.
Posted by: Angie Nassar (NowLebanon! blog)
Monday, December 05. 2011
In October 2011, I was invited to participate in the 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting in Tunis, Tunisia. Since then, at least two of my fellow participants – both brave and incredibly inspiring individuals - have been arrested.
Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was arrested on October 30 on charges that he incited attacks against soldiers and for participating in the October 9 clashes in Cairo.
And now today there’s word that Syrian blogger, feminist, and human rights activist Razan Ghazzawi was arrested on Sunday at the Syrian-Jordanian border.
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