Internationally renowned Journalist, activist and blogger Wael Abbas was allegedly taken from his home on Wednesday morning by Egyptian police, with none of his family or friends aware of his whereabouts. Abbas posted a short message on his personal Facebook account at 4am saying that he was being arrested. Word of Abbas arrest went viral on social media, prompting the hashtag #وائل_عباس_فين (Where is Wael Abbas). American-Egyptian journalist Mona al-Tahawy posted on Twitter, “I am hearing that friend and well-known activist Wael Abbas has been arrested. Abbas won the journalism award from the International Center for Journalists in 2007, and also won the Human Rights Watch’s Hellman/Hammett Award in 2008.

Source: Egypt Independent May 23, 2018 14:03 UTC