Egyptian blogger arrested in widening crackdown
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - A prominent Egyptian blogger said on Tuesday he had been arrested, the latest political activist to be detained in a widening crackdown on dissent by the army-backed government.
Egyptian authorities have extended a crackdown on Islamists, in which they have killed hundreds and arrested thousands since President Mohamed Mursi was ousted in July, to cover political activists who have become more vocal against the military.
In a recent tweet referring to the detention of another activist, the blogger, Ahmed Douma, described the government as criminal and said it would fall.
"I am now present in Basateen police station. I still don't know the accusation against me or the reason for my arrest," Douma said on Twitter.
The state news agency said Douma was detained in connection with violence at a protest outside a courthouse on Saturday where Ahmad Maher, a symbol of the popular uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, turned himself in.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/03/us-egypt-protests-idUSBRE9B207X20131203
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