NDM 22

Twitter under fire after suspending Egyptian journalist Wael Abbas- The Guardian 

The article talks about the account of a known journalist and blogger who aslo won awards for documenting human rights was shut down/suspended  by Twitter

Wael Abbes stated on his Twitter that Twitter sent him an email that:

•  "my account is suspended for an allotted time, which they did not specify, and for reasons they did not specify too”.

Abbes is the blogger-in-cheif in the website 'Misr Digit@l' and posted mainly on acts against the people of Egypt on his account which some has described as being a few of account with this content. 

Wanting Twitter to outrun the suspension was Sherif Azer who described his account as:

• "a live archive to the events of the revolution and till today one of few accounts still documenting human rights abuses in Egypt”

with other notable people wanting the overturn of his account such as Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion and chairman of the Human Rights Foundation.

This article goes to show the power held by these organisations who, though seem to have right-wing ideals, still are able to inhibit those who have dissimilar ideals towards them. Wael's YouTube account was also suspended after posting  videos depicting police brutality in Egypt. He went to win several honours, including the Knight international journalism award, for his documenting of human rights abuses.

A Pluralist perspective would see this as the elitist organisation using their power to determine what they deem right and appropriate on their guidelines.