Miss Mabrouk of Egypt

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Monday, November 20, 2006

Egypt Arrests Another Blog Critic

Police in Cairo have detained a blogger whose posts have been critical of the Egyptian government.

Rami Siyam, who blogs under the name of Ayyoub, was detained along with three friends after leaving the house of a fellow blogger late at night.

No reasons have been given for Mr Siyam's detention. The other friends were released after being questioned.


BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt arrests another blog critic