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Misr Digital
Learn about the controversial Egyptian blog, Misr Digital. Wael Abbas is the primary blogger at Misr Digital (Egyptian Awareness). He reported on harassment of women, and broadcast a video of police brutality in Egypt. Misr... [more]
Learn about the controversial Egyptian blog, Misr Digital.
Wael Abbas is the primary blogger at Misr Digital (Egyptian Awareness). He reported on harassment of women, and broadcast a video of police brutality in Egypt.
Misr Digital reporting lead to the conviction of police for torture. However, his accounts with YouTube and Yahoo were both closed because of pressure from the Egyptian government. YouTube has since restored his account and most of his videos.
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Egyptian blogger and human rights activist Wael Abbas was stopped at Cairo airport by security officers early on Tuesday morning as he was returning home from a conference in Sweden, sources told Menassat. Security officers temporarily confiscated Abbas' passport and then proceeded by searching his personal belongings.
"They're checking every single paper in his bag. I can see him from out here," Egyptan blogger Wa7damasrya who was at the...
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Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas was detained and questioned for 13 hours upon arrival in Cairo from a conference in Sweden. “finally released after 13 hours, found the lost bag, but they took the laptop still, i'm home now, will try to rest no calls plz thank u all,” he tweets after his release. In another [...]
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From globalvoicesonline.org
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[...] at the Cairo Airport, blogger Wael Abbas tweets the details of his detention at Cairo Airport. The Arabist reported saying: Egyptian mega-blogger Wael Abbas is being detained at Cairo Airport after his [...]
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From arabist.net
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Upon his arrival from Sweden at the Cairo Airport, blogger Wael Abbas tweets the details of his detention at Cairo Airport. The Arabist reported saying: Egyptian mega-blogger Wael Abbas is being detained at Cairo Airport after his passport was confiscated last night. This is the first time this has happened to Wael, who is currently holding [...]
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From globalvoicesonline.org
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Egyptian mega-blogger Wael Abbas is being detained at Cairo Airport after his passport was confiscated last night. This is the first time this happens to Wael, who is currently holding a sit-in with a banner at the airport requesting his passport back. He’s been Tweeting his situation – below are his updates as of 8:40am [...]
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From arabist.net
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Maybe the 2 latest comments came from the Egyptian version of Chinese 50 cent guys: people surfing on Chinese blogs and forums and spreading pro-gov opinions. It's claimed that they earn 50 cent for each comment.
I hope that Wael won't be handicaped by the lost of his laptop and stress due to this...unwelcome commitee.
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From arabist.net
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wa2el 3ayz ye3mel batal wel nas te3mel zayo we howa fared nafso 3shn 3aref eno masnod laken yeshga3 el nas enaha te2leb 3al 7okoma we homa malhomsh dahr?
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