Egyptian blogger to be freed

GLOBAL Voices Online reports that Egyptian blogger Abdulmonem Mahmood will be freed.

Here’s an excerpt from the Global Voices Online entry:

A recent clampdown on Egyptian bloggers encompassed bloggers of different political orientations. Egyptian blogger Abdul Monem Mahmood who has been detained for 46 days on political allegations belongs to the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. However, various bloggers of different backgrounds showed support to Monem without discrimination.

According to Monem’s blog, he is in jail under inhuman conditions, denied to attend his post-graduate studies exams and barely succeeded in visiting his ailing father few days ago.

Egyptian bloggers received the news of Monem’s release with apprehension reflecting the amount of distrust in the Egyptian security. Nora Younis said “the release decision came as surprise like the detention order…I am still apprehensive. I won’t congratulate Monem before I see him with my eyes.”

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