Tuesday
30Jun2009
Blogger Wael Abbas held at Cairo airport
Issandr El Amrani
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 Egyptian time.
Update: Wael tweets at 10:40am:
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Update: Wael tweets at 10:40am:
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Reader Comments (5)
[...] 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 [...]
[...] 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 [...]
I'm 2 not believe u !
u r just a researcher of fame ,plz stop telling lies !
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?
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.