Rights groups have condemned an Egyptian military court for sentencing a blogger to three years in jail over writings critical of the armed forces, the first such case since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February.
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch Monday criticized blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad's detention, saying his trial sets "a dangerous precedent." In Paris, the media rights group Reporters Without Borders said it was "shocked" by the three-year sentence and urged authorities to free Sanad "without delay."
The 25-year-old was charged with "insulting the military" and "disturbing public security."
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@The15041955 loooooool modern Israelite are not semetic ,thier european khazars u frickin retard.
omarhef 5 months ago
@The15041955 does building a home require stealing another home, did the english have the right to hand over a part of blad elsham to jews after an INVASION.
omarhef 5 months ago
@The15041955 peace with who?? with the murderers of 15000 civilians in gaza? with the invaders of saini, Lebanon, Golan heights etc. thier can never be peace with the lying dirty zionists, so go fuck urself u fuckin pig.
omarhef 5 months ago
i like kill israely and USA People
Democratic and freedom of expression
man200777 5 months ago
If one American said, like al-Qaeda and hate Israel Is this freedom of expression?
man200777 5 months ago
This guy was askin for help from israel (an enemy), any traitor like that should get executed, not 3 years...
omarhef 9 months ago
It's exactly what every fool was protesting for - ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY!
Same thing in Tunisia, and next up, Libya!
Western Democracy and Islamic Democracy are complete opposites!
Things in Egypt will continue to get worse and worse.
Did you hear about the womens protest for freedom last week? A group of men shut them down, chased them down will the police just stood and watched?
Zalahblue 10 months ago
The more things change...
It's depressing that the good guys seem to have such a hard time winning these days.
BrotherAlpha 10 months ago