The war on bloggers

According to the Arabist, the Egyptian Judge Abdel Fattah Morad is planning to file a lawsuit to get 21 Egyptian blogs and websites blocked. This is also the same judge who will hear the appeal of Abdul Kareem Suleiman, the jailed blogger, next week. He was sentenced to four years in jail in February, three for offending Islam, and one for offending Mubarak. If the judge is successful in his demands, it will subsequently make it easy for the regime to get rid of political dissenters airing their views on the internet. Among the alleged offending webpages are Kefaya's website, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Info and Bent Masreyya. Read more on the Arabist, arabist.net