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"Egypt arrests another blog critic..." (how appropriate...)

Egyptian blog-poster Rami Siyam, an online critic of the Egyptian government, was taken into custody recently by the country's police with no official reason for the arrest. He is by no means the first; earlier this month, another blogger was arrested in regards to his online comments; charges included "disrupting public order," "inciting religious hatred," and "defaming the president." Blogs are a primary tool of rights activists and political protesters in modern Egypt. Several other citizens have been detained by police for posting blogs which are critical of the Egyptian government, police, and national religious authorities.

I'm somewhat on the fence with this one, not wanting to judge without knowing what the bloggers specifically said. How should the Egyptian government be expected to respond? What if they consider some comments a threat to national security? You can twist things so much from different perspectives; one person could see these bloggers as rights activists while another sees the same people as terrorists. I'd like to hear what the Egyptian administration has to say about this.

"Egypt arrests another blog critic"

posted by Anonymous @ 11/20/2006 07:58:00 PM