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Egypt - Authorities urged to stop persecuting leading blogger Wael Abbas

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Leading Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas could see his six-month prison sentence upheld tomorrow if his appeal is rejected by the court that is due to hear it tomorrow. The sentence was imposed on 11 November by a court in the North Cairo suburb of Hadayek El Qobba after it convicted him on a charge of damaging an Internet cable. The damage was in fact caused last April by a policeman and his brother (the cable's actual user), who were also responsible for a physical attack on Abbas. “We call (...)

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