http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/26/egypt-arrested-activists-and-bloggers-released-in-the-desert/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:37:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/26/egypt-arrested-activists-and-bloggers-released-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-912992 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Arabisc: In Keeping with Fashion, Algerian Blogger Sued Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:12:59 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/26/egypt-arrested-activists-and-bloggers-released-in-the-desert/#comment-912992 [...] Moving on, another Egyptian Bobs award winning blogger Jar Al Qamar is back in Egypt after spending two weeks in the US, where he was bombarded with details about Anna Nicole Smith’s death and the custody battle still going on. عدت الى مصر لاجد ان عبد الكريم سيقضي حتما سنواته الاربع التاليه -وريما اكثر- في سجن ما عقابا له على زرطات تدوينيه .. و ان رئيس محكمة استئناف الاسكندريه السابق يقاضي مدونين آخرين بتهمة اهانة رئيس الجمهوريه ..و ان مالكا قد تم اختطافه في سياره زرقاء .. و ان الامن قد عاد ليقبض على المتظاهرين بعد توقف - المتظاهرين او الامن او كليهما . و ان اكثر من ثلاثين مادة حيوية في دستور البلد تم اقرار تعديلها و تحديد الاستفتاء عليها خلال ايام .. و ان الاي بود الذي فزت به بصفتي صاحب هذه المدونه وصل الى بر مصر بعد خمسة اشهر من اعلان الفوز به , غير انه محتجز في مكتب بريد سيدي بشر بحري حتى التحصل على مبلغ الف و خمسة جنيهات نظير رسوم الجمارك و الارضية و الشحن و اكراميات العمال و خلافه “I returned to Egypt to find that Abdulkareem will definitely spend the next four years of his life or probably more in jail as punishment for what he wrote on his blog; that the former head of the Alexandria Appeal Court has filed a case against other bloggers for insulting the president; that (blogger) Malek has been kidnapped in a blue car; that the Security Forces are back to arresting protesters after a break - on the part of the demonstrators, security forces or both; that more than 30 vital clauses in our constitution have been approved and that a public referendum is set for the next few days.. and that the Ipod I won as the owner of this blog has arrived in Egypt five months after the announcement was made and that it is being held in the Seydi Beshr Post Office, and that I can only collect it after paying 1,500 Egyptian pounds in taxes, handling charges, shipping, tips for employees and other charges,” he notes. [...] [...] Moving on, another Egyptian Bobs award winning blogger Jar Al Qamar is back in Egypt after spending two weeks in the US, where he was bombarded with details about Anna Nicole Smith’s death and the custody battle still going on. عدت الى مصر لاجد ان عبد الكريم سيقضي حتما سنواته الاربع التاليه -وريما اكثر- في سجن ما عقابا له على زرطات تدوينيه .. و ان رئيس محكمة استئناف الاسكندريه السابق يقاضي مدونين آخرين بتهمة اهانة رئيس الجمهوريه ..و ان مالكا قد تم اختطافه في سياره زرقاء .. و ان الامن قد عاد ليقبض على المتظاهرين بعد توقف – المتظاهرين او الامن او كليهما . و ان اكثر من ثلاثين مادة حيوية في دستور البلد تم اقرار تعديلها و تحديد الاستفتاء عليها خلال ايام .. و ان الاي بود الذي فزت به بصفتي صاحب هذه المدونه وصل الى بر مصر بعد خمسة اشهر من اعلان الفوز به , غير انه محتجز في مكتب بريد سيدي بشر بحري حتى التحصل على مبلغ الف و خمسة جنيهات نظير رسوم الجمارك و الارضية و الشحن و اكراميات العمال و خلافه “I returned to Egypt to find that Abdulkareem will definitely spend the next four years of his life or probably more in jail as punishment for what he wrote on his blog; that the former head of the Alexandria Appeal Court has filed a case against other bloggers for insulting the president; that (blogger) Malek has been kidnapped in a blue car; that the Security Forces are back to arresting protesters after a break – on the part of the demonstrators, security forces or both; that more than 30 vital clauses in our constitution have been approved and that a public referendum is set for the next few days.. and that the Ipod I won as the owner of this blog has arrived in Egypt five months after the announcement was made and that it is being held in the Seydi Beshr Post Office, and that I can only collect it after paying 1,500 Egyptian pounds in taxes, handling charges, shipping, tips for employees and other charges,” he notes. [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/26/egypt-arrested-activists-and-bloggers-released-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-909204 Naira Badawi Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:29:20 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/26/egypt-arrested-activists-and-bloggers-released-in-the-desert/#comment-909204 Censorship is certainly not the solution. The way activists are being treated just to benefit their country need to be shouted out loud and clear. Something needs to be done about the police brutality in Egypt. The only way it can is if everyone is notified. Amnestry International needs to be notified. Egyptians are being smothered. Censorship is certainly not the solution. The way activists are being treated just to benefit their country need to be shouted out loud and clear. Something needs to be done about the police brutality in Egypt. The only way it can is if everyone is notified. Amnestry International needs to be notified. Egyptians are being smothered.

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