Seven bloggers were among 66 Egyptian citizens that were arrested and detained during this month by the Egyptian State Security during their peaceful protest in support of two senior judges, Mahmoud Mekki and Hisham Bastawisi on the background of the judiciary independence issue.

Detention started on 25 April, 2006 in a peaceful demonstration where the first bloggers (Ahmed El Droubi, Malek Mostafa and Mohamed Adel) had been kidnapped by State Security solders wearing civilian closes. The same scenario had been repeated once again on 7 May, 2006 when Mohamed Sharkawy, Karim El Shaer, Alaa Ahmed Seif El Islam and Asmaa Ali had been arressted.

As this post had published, five bloggers had been released:
Ahmed El Droubi
Malek Mostafa
Mohamed Adel
Mohamed Sharkawy
Karim El Shaer

The last two bloggers (Mohamed Sharkawy and Karim El Shaer) had been arrested again on 25 May, 2006 demonstration and being tortured by the State Security.

The Committee to Protect Egyptian Bloggers is looking forward to be a new clearinghouse for information on Egyptian bloggers who are punished, threatened or otherwise disadvantaged for what they post on their blogs.   more »