Egypt: Blogger Assaulted

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 @ 03:17 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:
Egypt
Topics:
Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Human Rights, Internet & Telecoms, Law

Egyptian blogger Hossam El Hamalawy reports a bizarre incident during the hearing of a case lodged by a judge to block 21 blogs and websites that “harm Egypt’s national interests and defame Hosni Mubarak.”
“The court session ended in a circus, with judge Abdel Fattah Mourad who filed the lawsuit requesting the blocking, assaulted blogger Rami Siyam as he was video-recording the judge leaving the court room,” writes Hamalawy.
The case, which was transferred to another court, will now be heard in April.

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