Friday, February 12, 2010

Egyptian Bloggers

With the Egyptian government dominating all major media in the country, brave Egyptians risk arrest, imprisonment, torture to blog or tweet about human rights abuses. Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas interviewed by BBC. Abbas was attacked in his home in April 2009.

Fascinating video (with not great English translation): "Internet Freedom in Egypt"

Profile of blogger Marwa Rakha, born and raised in Egypt. Her blog post on an incident of mass detention of bloggers, including Wael Abbas, to cover the aftermath of a massacre of Egyptian Christians.

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