Egyptian Blogger Wael Abbas: Detained at Cairo Airport

Posted 30 June 2009 13:54 GMT

Countries	Egypt
Topics	Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Digital Activism
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Freedom of Speech

Upon his arrival from Sweden 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 passport was confiscated last night. This is the first time this has happened to Wael, who is currently holding a sit-in with a banner at the airport requesting his passport back.

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