Egypt: Blogger's Health Deteriorates in Prison - Another Blogger Marks Second Anniversary in Prison

On 8 November 2008, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) released a statement expressing its deep concern about the harassment suffered by Kareem Amir in the Borg Al Arab prison in the Alexandria desert, and also about the sharp deterioration in the health of prisoner-of-conscience Mosaad Abu Fajr, who was unable to stand during a visit by ANHRI lawyers to the prison on 6 November.

Rawda Ahmed, the lawyer for ANHRI's Legal Aid Unit for Freedom of Expression, and Gamal Eid, who is ANHRI's executive director and also a lawyer, visited Amir on the occasion of the second anniversary of his imprisonment. They also intended to check on the health of blogger Abu Fajr at Borg Al Arab. The lawyers were surprised by the harassment to which they were subjected by the state security officer who runs the prison, which started with the confiscation of government and independent newspapers that Ahmed and Eid brought in for Amir and Abu Fajr and which delayed the visit by four hours. The lawyers and prisoners were forced to sit on the ground surrounded by four policemen, and each visit was only allowed to last for ten minutes.

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