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Press conference of five Internet Activists talking about the facts of the abduction by the Egyptian Security.

Cairo, March 28 th 2009


The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information organizes a press conference on Sunday morning at 11:00 A.M. in which it interviews five bloggers and Internet activists who have been abducted by the Egyptian security since 3/11/2008, and the last was released last Friday.

The five abductees are:
  1. Abdul Aziz Mogahed, AL-Mogahed blog http://elmogahed02.blogspot.com, kidnapped November 3, 2008 and released on March 3, 2009.
  2. Mohammed Adel, nicknamed 'Dead' http://43arb.info/meit, kidnapped November 20, 2008, and released March 8, 2009.
  3. Philip Rizk, Tabula Gaza blog, http://tabulagaza.blogspot.com, kidnapped February 6, 2009 and released February 11, 2009.
  4. Dia Eddin Gad, an angry voice, http://soutgadeb.blogspot.com, kidnapped February 6, 2009 and released March 27, 2009.
  5. Rami Al-Swisi, an activist in the 6th of April youth movement "I Need to Take My Right Back", http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1096729544357#/profile.php?id=668175403&ref=share , kidnapped March 2, 2009 and released March 3, 2009.

    The press conference will also be having:
  6. Yousef Al-Eshmawi, an internet activist, kidnapped in Saudi Arabia, August 24, 2008, and still held in detention without charge and without any action or comment from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The press conference will be held at the headquarters of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. 19- 26 July St. - Downtown- Cairo- 4th floor- suit 55