Here's an interesting article on the apparently treacherous potential of blogging. A young man in Egypt was just recently sentenced to four years in prison for protesting what he felt were extremist teachings by the Sunni university he was attending and comparing Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to the dictatorial Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Apparently such subversive commentary falls within the purview of recent legislation empowering the government to block or suspend any website likely to pose a threat to national security. Responding to mass public and international criticism, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry doesn't seem too concerned, stating simply that it was an internal matter for the judiciary to decide.Monday, June 25, 2007
Post 5: Who says cyberspace can't be policed. . .
Here's an interesting article on the apparently treacherous potential of blogging. A young man in Egypt was just recently sentenced to four years in prison for protesting what he felt were extremist teachings by the Sunni university he was attending and comparing Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to the dictatorial Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Apparently such subversive commentary falls within the purview of recent legislation empowering the government to block or suspend any website likely to pose a threat to national security. Responding to mass public and international criticism, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry doesn't seem too concerned, stating simply that it was an internal matter for the judiciary to decide.
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I wonder if he is going to have his tongue cut off
Lama,
Its people like you, spreading your communist fascist oppressive propaganda against the great caliphate of Egypt that are responsible for the decline of society, humanity and animal rights.
Allah will eat your soul for dinner.
All, Stay out of Egypt!!! Roy
I would have thought this would be almost impossible and what good could it do? Imagine the cost of monitoring all possible sites making comments about their government.
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