Despite a very sad day, we have good news from London: Kareem has been selected as a nominee for one of the 7th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards, which are intended to honor the world’s champions of freedom of expression.

In an e-mail message from the Index on Censorship:

We at Index on Censorship have selected Kareem Amer as one of our shortlisted nominees for the Index Awards Ceremony 2007 in the category of Journalism. Each category consists of four individuals and the winner will be announced on 14 March at LSO St. Luke’s in London. You can find some more information at Index’s central website for the moment, www.indexonline.org.

Stay tuned.