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Egyptian blogger Tamer Mabrouk has been fined nearly 6,000 euros as the result of a defamation lawsuit by a private company, Trust Chemical Co., over information about pollution that he posted online. Read more here
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights is an organisation working against both governmental and non-governmental human rights violations regardless of the identity or affiliation of the victim(s) or violator(s).
April 6 was named a day of ‘anger’ by Egyptian Internet users fighting the state of emergency law that prevents them from expressing themselves freely. The authorities have steadily increased the surveillance of bloggers. According to RSF, In 2008 more than 500 civilians were arrested for content of their online posts.
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The ‘religion’ section in Egyptian national identity cards may now be left blank, after a court ruling on 16 March.
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