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Cairo (CNN) -- An Egyptian military court has sentenced an activist blogger critical of the army to three years in prison, and it did so without his lawyers present, a development that drew stiff condemnation by human rights groups.

Maikel Nabil, who was sentenced Monday morning, had been arrested on March 28 and charged with defaming the army and spreading false information, according to his lawyer, Adel Ramadan.

A general in charge of the "Morale Affairs Directorate" of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said on television that "Nabil had used 'inappropriate language' and defamed the military, and that his calls for an end to military conscription would have a negative effect on the youth of Egypt," according to Human Rights Watch.

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said the sentence "may be the worst strike against free expression in Egypt since the (Hosni) Mubarak government jailed the first blogger for four years in 2007."

His group, which issued a statement on the sentence, said Nabil's trial "has serious implications for freedom of expression on the internet more generally and in particular the ability to expose military abuses."

"The sentence is not only severe, but it was imposed by a military tribunal after an unfair trial," Stork said.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Tuesday that the U.S. government is "deeply concerned" about Nabil's sentence. "This is not the kind of progress we're looking for," he said.

Former State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Nabil's imprisonment "calls into question whether a democratic transition is under way in Egypt."

1. Who is Maikel Nabil?
2. When was he arrested?
3. what for?
4. does he have a lawyer?
5. what is his name?
6. who directs the Middle East division of HRC?
7. did Joe Stork think the trial was fair?
8. who made a statement for the State Department?
9. what did he say about the US reaction?
10. who isPJ Crowley
11. how long is the prison term>
12. were his lawyers there when he was sentenced?
13. were humanitarian groups concerned about this?
14. was the sentence given by a military court?
15. what country did this occur?
16. which leader imprisoned a blogger in 2007?
17. how long was that sentence for?

Numbered answers:
1. An activist blogger
2. March 28
3. Defaming the army and spreading false information
4. Yes
5. Adel Ramadan
6. unknown
7. No
8. Mark Toner
9. The U.S. government is "deeply concerned" about the sentence
10. Former State Department spokesman
11. Three years
12. No
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. Egypt
16. the (Hosni) Mubarak government
17. Four years