Islamist students at Al-Azhar University demonstrated today in Nasr City against State Security’s intervention in student union elections, which led to political activists being banned from running as candidates. The students declared they were joining the Free Student Union, launched last year by Muslim Brotherhood and Socialist activists, in an attempt to establish an independent association away from the state controlled unions.
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Student union elections marred by violence, controversy on Egypt campuses
The Daily Star Egypt reports.
Alexandrian blogger arrested
Egyptian secular blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil was detained by the authorities in Alexandria today at 3:30pm, after he was called in for questioning over articles he had written. The prosecutor ordered him to remain in police custody for four days pending investigation, according to the SandMonkey.
A Free Kareem campaign has been launched.