Egypt arrests yet another Facebook user for blasphemy

Herdict Blog 2012-08-09

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On July 30, Bishoy Kamel was arrested in Egypt for sharing cartoons on Facebook that allegedly defamed the Islamic faith and the Prophet Muhammad.  The 32 year-old Coptic Christian teacher from Sohag Province could face up to 5 years in prison.  Egyptian citizen Mohamed Safwat pressed the charges, claiming that Kamel also insulted President Mohamed [...]

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http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/herdict/2012/08/09/egypt-arrests-yet-another-facebook-user-for-blasphemy/

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Melody Zhang

Date tagged:

08/09/2012, 10:06

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08/09/2012, 10:00