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Egypt: Blogger Sharqawi Released

Monday, April 21st, 2008 @ 19:23 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Egypt
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Economics, Food, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Protest
Languages:: English

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Egipto: El blogger Sharqawi fue liberado...

From Egypt, Hossam El Hamalawy announced the release of blogger Mohammed Al Sharqawi - but is concerned about the welfare of other detainees who have gone ‘missing.' Sharqawi was arrested during the April 6 strike, which was a protest against inflation and which called for better wages for workers.

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