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    • Alaa Abd Fattah
      A Return to Mubarak’s Prisons: Letter from an Egyptian Blogger
      by Caitlyn Christensen / November 11, 2011

      In this letter smuggled out of prison, prominent blogger Allaa Abdel Fattah details his treatment in jail and accuses the military of hijacking the government.

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      Egypt’s Military Widens Crackdown As Prominent Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah Remains Imprisoned
      by Sampsonia Way / November 7, 2011

      Abdel Fattah was arrested last week after being accused of instigating clashes between military forces and Coptic Christians nearly a month ago at the state television building, Maspeero.

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    • Egyptian protesters demand internet
      Internet censorship: New tactics spread around the world in 2011
      by Liam Sweeney / November 2, 2011

      As the internet’s role in free speech becomes increasingly prevalent, tactics to control the internet are growing more refined each year. This list of 2011′s current transgressors has been compiled…

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      Prominent Activist, Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah Jailed in Egypt
      by Sampsonia Way / November 1, 2011

      Prominent Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah has been jailed on charges of inciting violence. Abdel Fattah spoke to Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous back in February.

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    • The Weekly Digest: Dermot Bolger, Turkmenistan, Egypt
      by Sampsonia Way / October 30, 2011

      The Weekly Digest — a round-up of Sampsonia Way’s top stories — is your source for quality weekend reading.

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    • On October 16, An Emaciated Nabil Released a video from El Marg Prison
      A Statement of Imprisoned Egyptian Blogger Maikel Nabil
      by Joe Edgar / October 28, 2011

      Sampsonia Way has been following the case of imprisoned Egyptian pacifist and blogger Maikel Nabil who has now been on hunger strike for more than sixty days.

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    • Civilian Deaths at Protest Heighten Tensions and Repression in Egypt
      by Caitlyn Christensen / October 25, 2011

      A demonstration against religious persecution of Coptic Christians turned fatal, and led to increased media censorship from Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

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    • The Weekly Digest: Burma, Greece, Toi Derricotte
      by Sampsonia Way / October 23, 2011

      The Weekly Digest — a round-up of Sampsonia Way’s top stories — is your source for quality weekend reading.

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    • First page of Metro, a graphic novel by Magdy El Shafee
      Egypt’s Banned Graphic Novel to be Published in the U.S.
      by Olivia Stransky / October 20, 2011

      “Today, let bones be smashed like the dreams of our youth” says Shihab, the protagonist of Magdy El Shafee’s graphic novel Metro. An English translation of the banned Egyptian graphic novel will be available in 2012.

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    • Protestors breach the Israeli Embassy's walls
      Timeline: Egyptian Journalists Censored in September
      by Caitlyn Christensen / October 12, 2011

      Egypt’s Supreme Military Council is censoring domestic newspapers, raiding television stations, and reinstating emergency laws that will put journalists on trial in military courts.

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