Egypt: Hunger striker Maikel Nabil’s case postponed for fifth time

December 7th, 2011

The retrial of Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad has been postponed to 14 December, making this the fifth time his case has been rescheduled. Maikel, who has been on hunger strike for over 100 days, was sentenced to three years in prison by a military court on charges of “insulting the armed forces” and “spreading false news” in a blog post published last March.  

Egyptian blogger passes 40th day of hunger strike

October 3rd, 2011

Maikel Nabil Sanad is entering his 42nd day of hunger strike in protest against a three-year sentence imposed by a military court for criticising the army. He spoke to Shahira Amin
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