The State Commissioner Committee in Egypt has rejected the request made by the judge Abdel Fattah Mourad to block 51 websites and blogs deemed insulting the state's dignity and threatening Egypt’s interests. In the meantime, the investigation on blogger Amr Gharbia, who was charged for defaming Judge Mourad, has been suspended: “PC Police declared that Gharbia's blog had merely hosted comments insulting the judge; as the comments did not come from him, he was absolved of the charge,” said IFEX in its statement issued yesterday.
Written bySami Ben Gharbia
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The IFEX statement had a number of factual mistakes. The last time I was in interrogation was on Monday 25 June. The charges are still not dropped, nor am I referred to court yet. We await to see.
IFEX issued a correction found at http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/84449/
Regarding the censorship lawsuit, the judges will consider the Commissions report in their ruling, which they have not made yet. Next hearing is on 7 July.