Help free imprisoned Egyptian Activist, Blogger, and Friend, Alaa Abd El-Fatah and the 47 other protesters.

Their crime - peacefully demonstrating in support of the independence of the judiciary in Egypt.
Alaa is one of Egypt's most prominent bloggers and free
speech advocates. His work on open source advocacy in Egypt has been an inspiration to us all.

Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abdel Fatah has been arrested alongside 10
others while demonstrating in support of the independence of the
Judiciary in Egypt and the release of previous demonstrators who were
detained 2 weeks earlier. The Police entrapped them, cordoning off
their peaceful protest and then proceeded to handpick the demonstrators
that they wanted to detain, beat them, and then arrested them.

Alaa and his wife Manal are very close friends and colleagues of the APC, and their blog aggregator manalaa.net was recently the winner of the international Best of the Blogs award from Reporters Without Borders.

For more background information on the arrests see the following links:

You can help make a differece. Please send your messages of protest to:
Counsellor Maher 'Abd al-Wahid, Public Prosecutor
Dar al-Qadha al-'Ali
Ramses Street, Cairo, Egypt
Fax: + 202 577 4716
H.E Mr. Gehad Refaat Madi

Emabssy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
26 South Street, Mayfair, London W1Y 6DD.
Fax 020 7355-3568 / 491-154
etembuk@hotmail.com

Egyptian Consul General Mohamed Saad
2 Lowndes Street, London SWI X9ET
Egyptconsulate@netscapeonline.co.uk