RSF: Two Egyptian bloggers detained at secret locations
November 27th, 2008Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick
RSF reports that two Egyptian bloggers who are being held at secret locations: Reda Abderrahman Ali, an employee of the al-Azhar Islamic Institute, was arrested at his home on October 27, and a second blogger, Mohammed Adel, a sympathiser with Palestinian Islamist party Hamas, was arrested on November 20. Family appeals for information have not yet been answered.
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