An Egyptian blogger jailed by the military junta for insulting the army has been officially pardoned, as the country’s ruling generals attempt to bolster public support before protests planned for the Wednesday’s anniversary of the uprising.
Maikel Nabil Sanad, a 26-year-old Coptic Christian who became a cause celebre for activists opposed to the post-Mubarak military government, was among almost 2,000 prisoners convicted by military tribunals over the past year who are set to be released after an announcement by Egypt’s de facto leader, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
Sanad was imprisoned in March over a blogpost titled “The army and the people were never one hand”, inverting a popular Egyptian chant in support of the military.
(via thepeoplesrecord)
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