Egypt detains prominent blogger, latest in arrest series
A statement from the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), which Mr Eid heads, said Mr Abbas's home in Cairo was raided at dawn by heavily armed police officers who did not show a warrant or give any reasons for detaining him. In December, he wrote on Facebook that Twitter had suspended his account without providing an explanation.
Abbas' Twitter account was suspended previous year as President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi's government pressed a crackdown on dissent, which rights groups say is the worst ever in Egypt. "This is all very scary for the government", added Allam.
Wael Abbas is known for his strongly-worded, anti-governmental stance and his role in documenting and reporting the 2011 uprising against the Mubarak regime. In 2006, he was named among the BBC's "Most Influential Persons" and he has previously received awards for his work from Human Rights Watch and CNN. Facebook had also deleted Wael's account, but it was since restored.
In 2007, Wael's YouTube account was also suspended after posting videos demonstrating police brutality in Egypt.
The latest arrests come amid a wider crackdown on dissent in which thousands of people have been jailed, unauthorized protests have been banned and hundreds of websites have been blocked.
Ismail Alexandrani, an expert on militant groups in the Sinai, was accused of publishing state secrets and belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
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Following the release of the report, RSF described Egypt as "one of the world's biggest prisons for journalists" coming in at No. 161 in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index ranking.
His detention without explanation from Egypt's police follows several similar cases including that of atheist blogger Sherif Gaber who was nabbed earlier this month.
Amnesty International called it "the most brazen attack on the media" in Egypt in decades.
Deputy Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Robert Mahoney, said that "hauling a journalist before a military court not only violates [Alexandrani's] rights as a civilian but sends a chilling message to the media that independent coverage of political dissent and security threats will not be tolerated by Egypt's rulers".
At least 35 journalists, citizen-journalists and bloggers are now detained in Egypt, according to RSF.
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