I was able to listen to this week's edition of Pajamas Media Blog Week in Review podcast this afternoon.
A good part of this week's show was centered on the imprisonment of Egyptian blogger, Alaa, who was imprisoned, in the words of Austin Bay, "for the crime of peacefully demonstrating."
Alaa blogs here.
His latest blog entry, which was smuggled out of prison as a note, is up, and here is an excerpt:
Today it hit me, I am really in prison. I'm not sure how I feel. I thought I was OK but I took forever to wake up. The way fellow prisoners look at me tells me I do not feel well but I can't really feel it.
Fellow-Egyptian blogger Sand Monkey is doing his part in getting the word out about Alaa's predicament, as is Lebanese blogger Beirut Spring, Big Pharaoh, another Egyptian blogger, and American blogger Tigerhawk.
The Egyptian Embassy to the United States can be contacted at: embassy@egyptembdc.org
There's an online petition in support of Alaa as well.
C. David Welch is the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Contact his office at: nea-ela@state.gov
Bloggers can make a difference. Support free speech and Alaa.
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