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Petition Started for Egyptian Bloggers

On Thursday, we talked about the Egyptian government's arrest of bloggers representing both liberal and Islamist groups. Now, we see that Reporters Without Borders has an online petition for supporters to sign, asking the Egyptian government to release both liberal blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, better known by the pen name Kareem Amer, and Muslim Brotherhood blogger Abdel Moneim Mahmoud.

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4:17 PM ET | 05- 4-2007 | permalink

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I hate to politicize this issue, but isn't this a group Bush and company should support? Shouldn't Bush be asking the Egyptian government to release the bloggers? Shouldn't our policy be to further democratic expresssion in Islamic countries through support of bloggers who support democracy?

Sent by Bob Riddle | 12:19 AM ET | 05-05-2007

This more than shows that there is a lot of work to be done. I hope to see global freedom of speach within my lifetime.

Sent by Sean | 5:41 PM ET | 05-07-2007

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