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Wednesday
04Apr2007

Fresh crackdown on bloggers

Judge Abdel Fattah Mourad, who is crusading for the closure of 21 blogs and websites, has filed a new lawsuit against Bloggers Alaa Seif, his wife Manal Hassan, and lawyer Gamal Eid, the director of HR-Info. The judge is accusing the three of libel during the last court session, where actually the judge assaulted blogger Rami Siyam who video-recorded him with a mobile phone.

Leftist blogger Alaa Seif (Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy)


[Above: Alaa speaking at an anti-torture meeting. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy]
The Giza Prosecutor interrogated the three today, then ordered their transfer to the Dokki Police Station, from where they should be released, pending investigation.

Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy


[Above: Leftist lawyer Gamal Eid (L) the director of HR-INFO, and Ahmad Seif (R) the director of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center]

Read the following postings by Nora Younis, Malek Mustafa and the SandMonkey for more details...

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