Egypt: blogger Kareem Amer gets 4 years for insulting Islam

Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin | Feb. 24, 2007 (Opinion)

An Egyptian court this week sentenced blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman (pictured above) to four years in prison. He is the first person in Egypt to be jailed for internet-based journalism.

He was charged with "inciting hatred of Islam" and insulting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his blog, where he wrote under the pseudonym of "Kareem Amer": Link (Arabic), here is his Blogger.com profile, and here are writings he posted on a discussion ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Feb 24, 2007 - 9:19 AM PST
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This editorial compilation of a dozen other works doesn't provide new insight or information and like most proof texting lacks credibility because of a lack of balance.

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