Egypt Internet activists and “influence”
Egypt Internet activists and “influence”
Muhammad Hamza
Bikya Masr
30 August 2009
The use of the Internet in Egypt as a platform for political activism has been the topic of discussion in various political circles and in the media.
Bloggers have come under the spotlight when they started to expose and bring to public attention cases of human rights violations and physical abuse against detainees in police stations. Others have been expressing their political views, which are quite critical of the government and the policies of the state as a whole.
They have managed to grab the attention of the media at home and human rights and media freedom organizations abroad. read more »
Egypt: Al-Azhar website hacked
Egypt: Al-Azhar website hacked
Bikya Masr
30 August 2009
CAIRO: The prominent Sunni Muslim religious institution has become Egypt’s latest Internet victim after it was hacked early Sunday morning. Visitors to the website seeking information on Islam were surprised by the new homepage created by the hackers, who had replaced the original site with a new network that posted the name “sovalye-starturk” in its place. read more »
Egypt: April 6 movement to launch anti-government campaign
Egypt: April 6 movement to launch anti-government campaign
Bikya Masr
29 August 2009
CAIRO: Egypt’s most successful opposition movement to date, the April 6 Student Movement, has announced it will launch a new anti-government campaign to “expose the regime’s policy and the ruling party’s failures.” On Friday, the movement known for organizing Internet and street demonstrations – said they plan to organize the second annual Electronic anti-National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, according to local newspapers. read more »
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