1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgNoha AtefBlogging in Egypt: Virtual network, virtual oppression - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vXT0jlcqil"><a href="https://cpj.org/2011/05/blogging-in-egypt-virtual-network-virtual-oppressi/">Blogging in Egypt: Virtual network, virtual oppression</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2011/05/blogging-in-egypt-virtual-network-virtual-oppressi/embed/#?secret=vXT0jlcqil" width="600" height="338" title="“Blogging in Egypt: Virtual network, virtual oppression” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="vXT0jlcqil" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/NOha.jpg180172I have been blogging in various platforms since 2006, focusing on human rights conditions and police abuses in Egypt. During this time, the Egyptian regime was widely described as one of the most "liberal-moderate" and sometimes "semi-democratic" regimes in the region, but meanwhile, hundreds of young people were hijacked, jailed, fined, and intimidated. Egypt has…