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20 May 2009 Global Voices Online -- After being
detained for 15 days under investigation, the Egyptian
blogger Ahmed Mohsen is to still imprisoned, as he is
accused of “Exploiting the democratic climate to
overthrow the government”
Mohsen was arrested on April 29th, 2009, after a State
Security force broke into his house in Fayoum
govern-ate (North) and searched it. As Mohsen was
already moved to Upper Egypt, a police officer
summoned him to the prosecution office in Fayoum.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights (ANHRI), described
the accusation as a ‘comic" one, stating:
It is normal for a State Security officer to tell
lies, but when the Public Prosecution believes this
lie and approves to imprison a young blogger for
exploitation of the democratic climate, this is black
comedy, what democracy did this young man exploit
Mohsen is a young doctor; he is from Fayoum, but
living and working on Minya. He introduces himself in
the profile of his blog as: “Ahmed Mohsen Abdul Rahman,
a doctor who is concerned with freedom causes. […]
trying to open [his] eyes and watch what is going on,
in order to understand it!”
The detained blogger started his online activities in
2006, with the blog Fattah Einek (Open your eyes)
where he used to write about human rights situation in
Egypt and in his small governorate of Fayoum, and
writes poems about freedom and the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. He also blogged about his experience when
arrested on May 2006 because of his online writings
about torture. He is among the first Egyptian bloggers
to expose torture practiced by the Interior Ministry
in the governorate of Fayoum.
The Arabic Blogger union published a memo in
solidarity with Mohsen, more than 225 bloggers and
journalists signed it so far, the union is targeting
1000 signatures.
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