Cross posted from Felix Arabia I did not expect that the very same experience would be repeated after five years. After a revolution in which we...
Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah: A return to Mubarak’s prisons
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CATEGORY: Egypt
Report: Maikel Nabil Sanad transferred to psychiatric hospital
Sahar Maher, human rights activist and a member of the Free Maikel campaign, has told Index that authorities are transferring Maikel Nabil to a...
Blogger reaches 50th day of hunger strike
Maikel Nabil Sanad is today entering his 50th day of hunger strike. The Egyptian blogger has been abstaining from food since 23 August in protest of...
Egypt: Journalists strike against censorship
Several Egyptian writers and journalists published blank columns in the country's newspapers, in protest against the "military interference" of the...
Blogger passes 40th day of hunger strike
It's Maikel Nabil Sanad's 26th birthday but he is in no celebratory mood. When I arrive at El Marg prison north of Cairo during visiting hours on...
Post revolution worries
Egypt’s post-revolutionary honeymoon appears to be over. The country’s euphoria and pride at the historic public uprising that ousted President...
Raid on Egyptian Al Jazeera offshoot marks new media crackdown
The Cairo offices of Al-Jazeera Mubasher (Direct), an affiliate of the Qatari-based Al-Jazeera International news network, were ransacked by...
Libya: Overcoming the challenges
The world has been watching with bated breath as a third Arab authoritarian regime collapses. Crowds of jubilant Libyans continue to throng the...
Egypt military pardons activist bloggers after criticism
Egypt's ruling military council decided on 18 August to drop charges against high-profile activists Asmaa Mahfouz and Louai Nagati. The two had been...
Cracks show in post-revolution Egypt
Six months after tens of thousands of opposition activists staged peaceful protests in Tahrir Square forcing longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak to step...