The Mirror, Vol. 15, No. 703
Continuing recent reports and reflections in The Mirror about freedom of expression, the following is picked up from the present international flood of concerns in the media about this basic fundamental right.
Detention of Google’s MENA executive Wael Ghonim
Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who has been missing since participating in the first few anti-government protests in Egypt, was released on Monday, according to reports from Al Jazeera [Arab TV from Qatar].
A brother of Wael Ghonim, Google’s head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, told the network he was freed Monday and was on his way to Tahrir Square, the center of anti-government protests in Cairo…
Ghonim is Google’s head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa and has been reported missing since 27 January 2011, after taking part in protests that began on 25 January 2011.
Under the present situation, where the authorities claim that the political climate is already changing, this is how Wael Ghonim was arrested on 27 January and was kept “disappeared” more than one week until 7 February 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdNEuWXiTuo
Norbert KLEIN
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