From AFP
Egyptian police have detained a pro-Palestinian student and blogger who is being held at an unknown location, the second such arrest in recent days, a rights group and a security official said on Monday.
Diaeddin Gad, 22, who writes the Sawt Ghadib (Angry Voice) blog, was arrested in the Nile Delta province of Gharbiyah on Friday, a security official said, without providing further details.
A source close to the security services said Gad was detained for criticising the Cairo government's policies, especially during Israel's 22-day war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip which began on December 27.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) demanded an investigation into the blogger's arrest at his home, which it said in a statement was followed by a police beating in the street.
"Bloggers have become major targets of the police authorities in Egypt, and all these assaults are committed outside the law or under the cloak of the emergency state," ANHRI said in a statement.
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