Sisi wants change

middleeastmonitor.com, Sisi wants change: Khaled Mokhtar's Facebook group published a video, which resulted in his arrest on 21 October and being charged two days later

Egypt Wants Greater Monitoring of Bloggers, Social Media

VOA, Egypt Wants Greater Monitoring of Bloggers, Social Media "Newly leaked documents show the Egyptian government now wants to greatly expand its monitoring of Egyptians’ use of social media, hauling in massive amounts of data on just about everyone online in Egypt."

'The second death of Khaled Saeed'

madamasr.com, The second death of Khaled Saeed: The martyr dies again, in cyberspace and the courthouse " The page, made iconic in 2011, has over 3.6 million followers, who now plead with the page’s administrators to break their silence.

 “How long are you going to keep silent?” one asked, while another angrily shouted into the cyber world, “You betrayed the revolution, you betrayed Khaled.”

Maikel Nabil

Bikya Masr, After months of waiting, Egypt blogger Maikel Nabil is freed - "Jailed Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil, considered by most to be Egypt’s first prisoner of conscience after jailed by the military junta early last year, was freed on Tuesday, his brother Mark wrote on Twitter."

Egyptian bloggers

Care2, Bloggers in Egypt and Syria Face Prison Terms, 14 Dec "Blogger Maikel Nabil has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined 200 pounds ($33) for criticizing the SCAF on his blog and conscription."

Alaa Abdel-Fattah

Bikya Masr, Case for Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah transferred, 14 Dec 2011 "Egyptian authorities transferred the case of Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah from a state security court to a panel of two investigative judges, as investigations into the controversial case continue."

Maikel Nabil

almasryalyoum.com. Maikel Nabil sentenced to 2 years in jail, 14 Dec 2011 "A military court on Wednesday sentenced Maikel Nabil, a blogger charged with insulting the military, to two years in prison and a fine of LE200, said activist Noor Ayman Nour from the advocacy group No to Military Trials for Civilians."

Mona Eltahawy

Guardian, Journalist Mona Eltahawy alleges sexual assault in Egypt detention, 24 Nov 2011 . "The US-based Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy has been released, according to her personal Twitter account, after 12 hours in detention at the hands of Cairo security forces. A later tweet from the account @monaeltahawy said that she was sexually and physically assaulted while being held inside the interior ministry in Cairo, in the early hours of Thursday morning."

Egypt bloggers

BBC News, Egyptian Blog Review, 22 Nov 2011

Egypt

Gianluca Mezzofiore, IBTimes, Egyptian Blogger Poses Nude to Protest Islamic Extremism, 15 Nov 2011

"An Egyptian blogger posed naked in a series of pictures published on Twitter under her real name sparking mixed reactions among her followers. Some praised her move, while others left outraged comments."

Also see France24, Egyptian women’s group calls on men to try the veil, 14 Nov 2011

"An Egyptian student has created a Facebook page to launch an appeal to men: post photos of yourselves wearing the Islamic veil. This young woman believes it is unjust that a dress code is imposed only on women. It’s an amusing initiative but the message has not been well received by some."

Alaa Abd El Fattah

Reuters, Egyptians protest, anger mounts over blogger arrest, 31 Oct 2011 "Thousands of Egyptians protested on Monday in Tahrir Square, the epicentre of an uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak this year, after a prominent activist was detained by military prosecutors.

"The military detained Alaa Abd El Fattah on Sunday, a high-profile blogger whose arrest by Mubarak's security forces in 2006 led to a big campaign to release him."

Profile: AhramOnline, Alaa Abdel Fattah: Portrait of a revolutionary, 31 Oct 2011

See ShoroukNews original article by Alaa Abd El Fattah:
عودة لسجون مبارك

There's an English translation here: Sultan Al Qassemi, Felix Arabia, Translation of article by detained Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah

Also read: Tarek Amr, GlobalVoices, Egypt: SCAF - The Last Pillar of the House?!, 2 Nov 2011

Follow the story on Twitter #Free Alaa

Maikel Nabil Sanad

thedailynewsegypt.com, Detained blogger Maikel Nabil to be retried, 11 Oct 2011 "A military court decided Tuesday to drop a three-year prison sentence handed down to Maikel Nabil, who he will be retried in another district."

NPR, Egyptian Blogger To Face Retrial; His Hunger Strike Approaches 50 Days, 11 Oct 2011

Shahira Amin, CNN, Egyptian blogger, imprisoned and hungry, is steadfast in his protest of regime, 6 Oct 2011

Egyptian protests

Guardian, Middle East Blog, Egypt violence - Monday 10 October as it happened

The Atlantic, Egypt's Anti-Christian Violence: How Things Got So Bad, 12 Oct 2011 "The specific rights and wrongs of this disturbing episode will be litigated on Twitter, Facebook, and Egypt's lively talk shows, but largely to no real good or progress."

AhramOnline, Outrage over state TV's misinformation and anti-Coptic incitement, 12 Oct 2011

almasryalyoum.com, Video exposes military abuse of Coptic protester, 12 Oct 2011

'The Sexual Harassment File: Harassment debate lights up blogosphere'

almasryalyoum.com, The Sexual Harassment File: Harassment debate lights up blogosphere, 22 Jun 2011 "Bloggers and tweeters in Egypt and across the Middle East joined together on Monday to raise awareness about the issue of sexual harassment and gender-based violence. The initiative resulted in more than 12,000 tweets using the hashtag #EndSH and more than 150 blog posts."

"iRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring"

Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations Unit, For Egyptian online warrior, father's torture fueled activism, 16 Jun 2011 "CNN correspondent Amber Lyon traveled to Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain to interview some of the young Internet activists who have fueled the recent revolutions and protests there. The result, the hourlong documentary "iRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring," premieres Sunday, June 19, 8 p.m. ET & PT. It will re-air Saturday, June 25, at 8 p.m. and 11p.m."





Refers to Tahrir Diaries

Facebook: "We are all Hamza el-Khatib"

Extensive social networking campaigning is ongoing in relation to Hamza el-Khatib, the boy killed in Syria. For example see, on Facebook,

كلنا الشهيد الطفل حمزة علي الخطيب
The image on the left comes from this site.

BBC News, Syria unrest: Hamza al-Khatib a symbol of uprising, 1 June 2011

Jadaliyya links to funeral coverage.

Also see Egyptian Chronicle's coverage

Plenty of updates are available on Twitter: #Hamza and Facebook: Syrian First

Egypt blogger trial: Maikel Nabil

Al-Masry Al-Youm, Verdict postponed in Egypt blogger trial, 6 Apr 2011 "A verdict in the trial of a blogger accused of insulting Egypt's armed forces has been postponed on Wednesday, a day after Human Rights Watch called for the case to be dropped, the defendant's lawyer has told AFP.

"Gamal Eid, head of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and a lawyer representing Maikel Nabil, told AFP the military tribunal would now hand down the verdict on Sunday."

maikelnabil.com

'@Sandmonkey' attacked: identity revealed

alarming story: if your net connection is slow (like mine is today, must be the gales in west Wales!) then read the associated transcript, in which 'Sandmonkey' (a.k.a. Mahmoud Salem) states:

"Here's what's happening. This is not a revolution that actually required a leader. This was something that a call on Facebook launched and people managed to do themselves. People who took a very practical demands (INAUDIBLE) ideological. Their simple demands -- demanding accountability and democracy and rights for the people.

"So, this is an interesting revolution because everybody who's there is not there following someone. They are there on their own accord. This is a revolution of 2 million, 3 million individuals making the decision to brave unbelievable pressures in order to have a better future for their children ..."

" ... So, during this week I got beaten up by batons, I got tear-gassed, I got live ammunition shot at me. You know, and then I got attacked and almost lynched by angry mobs.

"So, I don't know what else I can be scared of. I think they could like throw me in jail or something. But I don't know. There is nothing left anymore."

Some good coverage on CNN at the moment

Internet cutoff fails to silence Egypt protests

The Associated Press: Internet cutoff fails to silence Egypt protests, 28 Jan 2011 "The nation's four main Internet providers all went dark, and cell phone service was suspended in some areas. But the drastic move did not stop demonstrators Friday, and it could backfire by fueling anger and chaos in the streets of Cairo and beyond."

Gsquare86 interview

Robert Mackey, NTY, The Lede, Interview With an Egyptian Blogger, 27 Jan 2011

"Gigi Ibrahim, an Egyptian blogger and activist — known as Gsquare86 on Twitter — spoke to The Lede via Skype from an Internet cafe in Cairo on Thursday evening."