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Egypt: War on Bloggers Exposed

Friday, May 11th, 2007 @ 08:11 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Egypt
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Human Rights, Internet & Telecoms

Egyptian blogger Nora Younis explains in detail the escalating war on her country's bloggers here. “I had posted earlier that bloggers are now under gunfire in Egypt. Several people here in the United States asked me why is this happening to bloggers, and why now? I will try to explain that here,” she writes.

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