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Egyptian Blogger Wael Abbas: Detained at Cairo Airport

Categories: Egypt, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights

Upon his arrival from Sweden at the Cairo Airport, blogger Wael Abbas tweets [1]the details of his detention at Cairo Airport. The Arabist [2]reported saying: Egyptian mega-blogger Wael Abbas [3] is being detained at Cairo Airport after his passport was confiscated last night. This is the first time this has happened to Wael, who is currently holding a sit-in with a banner at the airport requesting his passport back.