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Egypt Arrests More Bloggers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-everyone-has-a-1st-amendment dept.

2think writes "The BBC is reporting that after bloggers highlighted recent public sexual harassment within view of Egyptian police, the government of Egypt has been arresting bloggers." From the article: "The most recently detained blogger, Abdel Kareem Nabil, was detained in Alexandria on 6 November and was charged with disrupting public order, inciting religious hatred and defaming the president. Amnesty International says Mr Amer appeared to have been detained for expressing critical views about Islam and Egypt's al-Azhar religious authorities."

2 of 209 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Freedom of speech, or freedom to hate? by lawpoop · · Score: 2, Funny

    "But when you support his imprisonment for those ideas, you might as well move to Egypt. You clearly don't support the values of Western culture. You actually appear to be a force seeking to destroy Western culture."

    Which may be why grandparent is called "Bad Analogy Guy".

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  2. Re:From what I've seen by TapeCutter · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Rape is punishable by death in Islam"

    Yep, in some parts they regularly execute the victims.

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