4 May 2007

Stories from 4 May 2007

Abdel-Monem Mahmoud: the Egyptian totalitarian regime is the problem

  4 May 2007

As I promised in my last article “Online Freedom for All: Some cases worth supporting”, I’m publishing here the translation of the interview I did with the jailed Egyptian blogger and journalist Abdel-Monem Mahmoud at the 3rd annual Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, Qatar, two weeks before Monem’s arrest. Monem...

RSF: petition to free Kareem and Monem

  4 May 2007

Reporters Without Borders has launched today a petition calling the Egyptian regime to free the tow Egyptian bloggers Kareem Amer and Abdel-Monem Mahmoud. RSF is urging Internet-users to sign this petition and block Egypt from hosting the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in 2008 (conference organized under the UN mantle) unless...