Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:19 PM
Riot police detain a man, who was protesting against a new law restricting demonstrations, in downtown Cairo November 26, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshCAIRO, Dec 1 (Aswat Masriya) As Egypt passes a new protest law that largely restricts the right to demonstrate, a new mobile application has appeared to help those arrested make known their whereabouts.
This is a heartening use of modern technologies: acting within the spirit of any state's laws, it extends the reach of legitimate communication tools and needs to the universal rights of humankind. Great idea. So great I think we need a UK version. We could call it the Magna Carta app!