Egypt: Drop charges against blogger critical of military

Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces should drop all charges against a blogger for his internet posts critical of the military, Human Rights Watch has said. A military tribunal is expected to deliver the verdict in the case against Maikel Nabil, who faces up to three years in prison on charges of 'insulting the military'. 'It's pretty stunning in Egypt's supposed new era of rights to see the military government prosecuting someone in a military court for writing about the military,' said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.