An alarming piece in the Arabist this morning alerted me to this story: a judge in Egypt, who is a self-declared expert on the Internet, is preparing an injunction to block access to 21 Web sites from within the country, including several blogs and the Web site of Kifaya, the opposition movement that has become increasingly vocal about issues related to the Mubarak regime’s anti-democratic moves. From within the story there are links to several articles in Arabic, for those who can read the original. It’s quite chilling.

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