Egypt - Hounding of bloggers continues

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders has called for the case to be dropped against blogger Wael Abbas whose appeal opens tomorrow in Cairo for having sold communications services without a licence. Neither he nor his lawyers were informed of his trial on these charges and he was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 500 Egyptian pounds (65 euros) in his absence. “This trial has been completed trumped-up. Wael Abbas should be acquitted. These repeated charges demonstrate that the authorities (...)

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