Egyptian blogger Mohammed Refaat has been arrested, having just been released after nearly a month in detention, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and Hisham Mubarak Law Center have reported.
“He was accused of offending state institutions, destabilising public security and inciting demonstrations and strikes via the Internet,” the groups said.
“State Security decided to release him on August 17… but an order to arrest him was issued under the state emergency law,” they added.
On his website, Refaat describes himself as an “Egyptian Muslim who dreams of seeing my nation free, and I’m working on my dream through media.”
Police have arrested several bloggers in recent months, in an indication of their growing political importance in Egypt.
Source: AFP, August 24, 2008
