By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
A blogger in Egypt was sentenced to 3 years in prison for blogging.
Yes this is the new Egypt - and its very much like the old Egypt.
Maikel Nabil Sanad, a 26 year old, wrote in his blog that the army has been brutal. He was not writing history.
Sanad was writing about daily abuses against Egyptians at the hands of the army. It was the same army that stood still during the revolution and that ousted Mubarak.
The army stood silently by because they were ordered to do so. The leaders of the army under Mubarak were disillusioned and wanted him out. But they continue to rule the country just like he did - with an iron fist.
On Sunday Sanad was sentenced without his lawyer. The only reason we know any of this is because the information was leaked to human rights groups who came out and blew the whistle.
Who ultimately rules? The internet rules, even in Egypt.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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