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Renewed crackdown on bloggers

Posted on 04/04/200727/12/2020 By 3arabawy

Judge Abdel Fattah Murad, who is crusading for the closure of 21 blogs and websites, has filed a new lawsuit against Bloggers Alaa Seif, his wife Manal Hassan, and lawyer Gamal Eid, the director of HR-Info. The judge is accusing the three of libel during the last court session, where actually the judge assaulted blogger Rami Siyam who video-recorded him with a mobile phone.

Going to doky prosecutor judge murad accused me and manal of libel
— Alaa Abd El Fattah (@alaa) April 4, 2007

The Giza Prosecutor interrogated the three today, then ordered their transfer to the Dokki Police Station, from where they should be released, pending investigation.

Murad Vs. Bloggers

Posted on 28/03/200727/12/2020 By 3arabawy

The Administrative Court decided Tuesday afternoon to transfer the lawsuit to block 21 blogs and websites that “harm Egypt’s national interests and defame Hosni Mubarak” to the Sixth District Court, to be looked into sometime in April.

The court session ended in a circus, with judge Abdel Fattah Murad who filed the lawsuit requesting the blocking, assaulted blogger Rami Siyam as he was video-recording the judge leaving the court room.

The judge, who showed up today in the company of at least three bodyguards, failed to take the mobile phone from Rami, who chased him with his mobile as the judge was leaving the building.

Govt censors opposition paper

Posted on 25/03/200727/12/2020 By 3arabawy

Security services have confiscated all copies of the weekly Al-Karama’s latest issue, due to hit the news stands last night.

The issue included critical articles of Mubarak’s constitutional amendments, and its frontpage headline said: “Together to topple a dictator.”