Statement by @alaa's family regarding his deteriorating mental health condition in prison due to high restrictions and prolonged incarceration without a trial or a real end in sight.

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"The Egyptian authorities are relying on arbitrary and excessive probation measures as a repressive tactic to intimidate peaceful activists into silence after their release from prison

Alaa and his friends at Linux-Egypt put a lot of thought into answering your questions. Alaa wrote, "we felt there was much misinformation or lack of information about egypt while reading the comments so I kinda used each question to inject some extra info," which makes this Q&A worth reading fo...

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But now that I'm in jail it's a scary thought. It would take no less than 3 months for the dust to settle and who knows what will be the result of this power struggle. Most likely no one but immediate family will remember us until it is over.

Responses such as these are significant. They indicate an acknowledgement by the authorities of the extent to which young people have carved out an influential space for themselves online.

A limited opening in Egypt is fertilising the anger, frustration and hope of the country’s young people. Negar Azimi in Cairo reports on their pre-election mood.

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