Some charges against Alaa dropped

EGYPTIAN BLOGGER UPDATE:

Egypt Drops Some Charges Against Blogger

By ROBERT MACKEY (NYT)

A civilian court in Cairo dropped two charges against a prominent blogger and activist, Alaa Abd El Fattah, the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Tuesday.

According to Mr. Fattah’s sister, Mona Seif, the authorities later sentenced the blogger to a further 15 days in custody as their investigation continues into the deaths of 27 people, mainly Coptic Christians, at a demonstration in Cairo on Oct. 9.

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Some progress.