Egypt: Release of blogger Maikel Nabil is the end of a “cruel ordeal”

Headline Title:  Egyptian blogger released "months too late" 24 January 2012 The release of an Egyptian blogger and prisoner of conscience whose trial was flagrantly unfair comes months too late, Amnesty International said today. “The end of Maikel Nabil’s cruel ordeal at the hands of the military council is a cause for real celebration,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director. "Yet 10 months of Maikal's life have been wasted. He should never have been arrested in the first place. His criminal record must now be expunged…

© Amnestie Internationale - mardi 24 janvier 2012