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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Egyptian Military Detains Globe & Mail Journalist In Cairo ....

I don't like the sound of this .... Here are the most recent tweets by Sonia Verma of the Globe and Mail ... Stay Tuned!!

Here are Sonia's last 5 tweets before they stopped about an hour ago:
-Another checkpoint. Now they have taken our passports. #egypt
-One of them jumped into our car. He will not give us our passports.
-We are being taken into some kind of custody.
-Military have comandeered us and our car.
-My sms to toronto is blocked. Can only tweet #egypt

Sonia Verma On Twitter

UPDATE:
Sonia Verma has been released by the Egyptian military after being held for a number of hours!!



(Related):

"CAIRO — The Egyptian military has started rounding up journalists, including one who writes for the Globe and Mail."
Canadian Press

"The U.S. is condemning what it calls a “concerted campaign to intimidate international journalists” covering the protests and violence in Cairo."
The Associated Press

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