Al-Jazeera English: Listening Post
March 4th, 2007The Listening Post, a weekly Al-Jazeera English Program, looks at the case of Kareem Amer:
From the Listening Post Web site:
Kareem Amer began a four year sentence in an Egyptian jail this week for criticising Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, and extremist interpretations of Islam.
The case has touched a nerve in the blogosphere sparking protests as far away as Washington, London and Rome.
The internet is one of the few outlets Egyptians have to freely express their opinions. Recent postings have exposed how the Egyptian police torture suspects. Human rights activists are concerned Amer’s harsh sentence is a warning to bloggers to practise self-censorship.
