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Egyptian bloggers face risks and repression
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Apr 7 09
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Regions: Egypt
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression, Labor, Police brutality
Tags: Al Mahalla, Arbitrary arrests, bloggers, human rights, information, labor rights, new technologies, political oppression, torture, wael abbas
Egyptian officials have arrested at least 30 people for online activism over the build-up of a nationwide general strike planned for Monday.
The movement gained more than 70,000 supporters for industrial action through internet networking sites.
Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Cairo on the risks Egypt's bloggers take in publishing their views online. (06 April 09)
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