Detained Egyptian blogger misses birth of first childCongratulations to Manal and Alaa, despite the circumstances.
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The wife of detained Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah gave birth to the couple’s first child on Tuesday, while the baby boy’s father remained in custody for alleged involvement in clashes in Cairo. ...
Frustrated @Alaa's father takes innocence evidence to the publicHe reports that there is cellphone log evidence as well.
Prominent lawyer and father of detained activist Alaa Abdel-Fatah, fed up with prosecutors 'inexplicable laxness' in vetting charges, goes public on TV with evidence suggesting his son's innocence
Nada Hussein Rashwan, Tuesday 6 Dec 2011 (ahramonline)
Ahmed Seif El-Islam, rights lawyer and father of detained activist and blogger Alaa Abdel-Fatah, provided evidence in support of his son’s innocence on a television appearance on Monday night. Abdel-Fatah has been charged by military prosecutors with instigating violence during the 9 October clashes in Cairo’s Maspero district.
In a telephone interview on the popular ONTV talk show Akhr Kalam with Yousri Fouda, Seif El-Islam said he possessed timed posts from his son’s Facebook and Twitter accounts confirming his absence from the Maspero area when the bloody clashes occurred.
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