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Egypt – Hunger-striking blogger hospitalized, Lebanese blogger denied entry
Maikel Nabil Sanad, the jailed blogger who has been on hunger strike since 23 August, has been transferred to a prison infirmary after suffering serious heart problems, while Imad Bazzi (@TrellaLB), a Lebanese blogger and cyber-activist who had been in contact with Sanad, was denied entry at Cairo international airport on 5 September. Bazzi, who is the executive director of CyberACT and has written the Trella.org blog since 1998, said he was questioned by three men in plain clothes at (…)
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Egypt – Hunger striking blogger’s health and prison conditions much worse
Maikel Nabil Sanad, an imprisoned blogger who began a hunger strike on 23 August, has now stopped drinking water and his physical condition is extremely worrying. The conditions in which he is being held have also deteriorated. His family used to be able to see him once a week but the prison authorities have reduced the frequency of visits to two a month. His family was not allowed to see him at the start of this week. Prison officials claimed that Sanad had said he did not want to see (…)
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Egypt – Armed forces drop defamation charges against woman blogger
Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces not to press defamation charges against the blogger Asmaa Mahfouz for comments about the military that she posted on online social networks. The decision was announced in a communiqué, in which the council urged Egyptians to “express their positions and opinions responsibly, without insult or abuse.” Leading woman blogger could be tried by court martial over Tweet August 16th, 2011 Reporters (…)
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Egypt – Leading woman blogger could be tried by court martial over Tweet
Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to prosecute a blogger, Asmaa Mahfouz, over several messages criticizing the council that she posted on Facebook and Twitter. Agence France-Presse said Mahfouz was to be tried by court martial but Mahfouz said on her Twitter account that she had not yet received a summons and did not know whether she was to be tried by a civilian or military court. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces promised on (…)
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Syria – Preventive arrests and "German chair" for detainees in Syria
Syria The repression is not letting up after four months of protests. Reporters Without Borders has registered more than 70 abuses against media personnel since the wave of anti-government demonstrations began in March. “This figure is indicative of a government determination to control the media and the danger involved in working as a journalists or simply reporting an item of news,” the press freedom organization said. Reporters Without Borders condemns writer and journalist Mohamed (…)
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Egypt – Two more journalists to be tried by court martial over story about army
Reporters Without Borders is disturbed to see that Egyptian journalists and bloggers are still being prosecuted before military courts, especially as this violates the principles for which Egyptians took to the street and brought down the Mubarak regime. The people want a different style of government. The use of military rather civilian courts is endangering the future of democracy in Egypt. Adel Hammuda, the editor of the newspaper Al-Fajr, and Rasha Azab, one of his reporters, appeared (…)
