Year: 2007

This is getting insane. Judge Murad is filing new lawsuits, and adding 29 more websites and blogs to the list of internet sites he wants banned. Here’s a statement from HR-Info:

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) stated that the judge Abdel Fatah Murad added – in addition to the 21 websites he demanded blocking and appealed before the Administrative Judiciary Court – 29 more websites, in which the total became 50 websites.
Moreover, the judge brings a new suit against Gamal Eid HRinfo’s Executive Director, Ahmad Seif El Islam Executive Director of Hisham Mubarak law Center and Amr Gharbia administrator of the celebrate blog “Holiat Saheb Al-Ashgar”. The Public Prosecution undertakes the investigation and the judge accused the three of blackmailing him and demanding 50 thousands pounds.
On Saturday 5 May 2007, the Administrative Judiciary Court has continued investigating in the suit of blocking 21 blogs and human rights and news websites on the internet. Now the judge who sued amended his demands by adding 29 websites to the previous list though the total now is 50 websites (the complete list of websites attached).
HRinfo surprisingly find out that its Executive Director Gamal Eid, Executive Director of Hisham Mubarak Law Center Ahmad Seif El Islam and the celebrate blogger Amr Gharbia summoned for investigation in a new fabricated case sued by the judge Abdel Fatah Murad. He said that the three blackmailed him and forced him to publish information defaming Egypt’s reputation.
The following are the three cases are the total number of cases sued by the judge against HRinfo and its supporters:
Defamation against “Gamal Eid, Alaa Seif and Manal Bahey El Dein Hassan”
Blocking 50 websites (human rights – news – blogs)
Blackmailing against “Gamal Eid, Ahmad Seif and Amr Gharbia”

The statement could be found in Arabic here.