Student and blogger Ahmed Mostafa is facing a military court after a prosecutor announced on 1 March that they would push ahead with charges of ‘publishing false information about the military establishment’. There has been no investigation into Mostafa’s published allegations that a teacher’s son was pushed out of the military academy in order to make room for a more influential individual.
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Egyptian blogger facing military court
Student and blogger Ahmed Mostafa is facing a military court after a prosecutor announced on 1 March that they would push ahead with charges of ‘publishing false information about the military establishment’. There has been no investigation into Mostafa’s published allegations that a teacher’s son was pushed out of the military academy in order to […]
By Intern
08 Mar 10
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