Ikwan Web editor Khaled Hamza was banned yesterday from traveling to Britain. Khaled told me over the phone he was stopped by State Security Police on his way to board a British Airways flight to London.
His passport was already stamped with the exit visa, but his name was called over the microphone on his way to board the plane. SS took his passport and the exit stamp was canceled, without giving any reasons.
I’ve just received news that MB blogger and friend Abdel Moneim Mahmoud has been stopped at the Cairo International airport, by Mubarak’s State Security pigs, on his way to Morocco to participate in a conference on press freedom. He remains detained in the State Security office in the airport as of time of writing.
UPDATE: Moneim has been released, but was banned by the pigs from traveling. Welcome to the big prison called Mubarak’s Egypt.
