Free Kareem Worldwide Rally Locations – April 27
April 22nd, 2007We are happy to announce that about a dozen rallies will be held worldwide in support of Kareem Amer. If you happen to be near any of the locations listed below, we’d love you to join us on Friday, April 27!
(Want to help but can’t attend a demonstration? See our What You Can Do page!)
Note from rally volunteers: While we appreciate the support provided by organizations worldwide, everyone is participating first and foremost as a civilian, not necessarily as a member of a particular organization.
This list will be updated as we get more details. Stay tuned!
Country List:
Austria
City: Vienna
Address: Egyptian Embassy, Hohe Warte 50-54, A-1190 Wien (Map)
Time: TBA
Contact: David Maeir
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Belgium
City: Brussels
Address: Egyptian Embassy, Avenue de l’Uruguay 19, 1000 Brussels (Map)
Time: 3 pm - 5 pm
Contact: Pieter Cleppe, Jong VLD
Note: Please see announcement here (PDF)
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Canada
City: Ottawa, Ontario
Address: TBA
Time: TBA
Contact: Mohammed Shouman
Note: Facebook event here
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Czech Republic
City: Prague
Address: Egyptian Embassy, Pelléova 14, Praha 6 - Bubeneč, 160 00 (Maps here and here)
Time: 2 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Lamis Khalilova, Amnesty Czech
Note: Please see announcement (Czech, English) (PDF)
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Germany
City: Berlin
Address: Egyptian Embassy, Stauffenberg Str. 6-7, 10785 Berlin (Map)
Time: 11:00 am - 11:30 am
Contact: Bidjan Tobias Nashat, Hertie School of Governance
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Greece
City: Athens
Address: Egyptian Embassy, 3 Vasilissis Sofias Av., 106 71 Athens
Time: 6 pm - 7 pm
Contact: Fotis Perlikos, Liberal Alliance
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Italy
City: Rome
Address: Italian Parliament, Piazza Montecitorio - Roma (Map)
Time: 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Contact: Alberto Mingardi
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Romania
City: Bucharest
Address: Egyptian Embassy, Dacia Boulevard 67
Time: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Contact: Olga Nicoara
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Sweden
City: Stockholm
Address: Egyptian Embassy, Strandvägen 35 (Map)
Time: 12 pm (sharp)
Contact: Jonas Virdalm
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United Kingdom
City: London
Address: 216 South Street (Map)
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Contact: Andrew Perraut
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United States of America
City: Washington, DC
Address: Egyptian Embassy Cultural Office by DuPont Circle, 1303 New Hampshire Ave. NW (Map)
Time: 12 pm - 1 pm
Contact: Knud Edmund Berthelsen
Note: Facebook event here
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April 23rd, 2007 at 3:20 am
[…] Our editor at our Free Kareem campaign has just published the list of countries that will be involved in the worldwide rallies. Please plan ahead if you are anywhere near these locations, and show your support for Kareem! […]
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:27 am
[…] Παρασκευή 27/4 είπαμε. Κι όπως μας πληροφορεί το Freekareem.org εκδηλωσεις θα γίνουν στις παρακάτω χώρες: […]
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:43 am
[…] World-wide rallies to pressure the Egyptian government to free jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman are being planned on April 27, announces Free Kareem. “While we appreciate the support provided by organizations worldwide, everyone is participating first and foremost as a civilian, not necessarily as a member of a particular organization,” note organisers. Sulaiman was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting both Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his Arabic-language blog. Share This […]
April 25th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
[…] Nu på fredag, den 27. april, anordnas demonstrationer med krav på ett frigivande av den egyptiske bloggaren Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman, som har dömts till ett 4-årigt fängelsestraff för att ha hädat Islam samt förolämpat den egyptiska regimen, i ett dussintal länder runtom i världen. I Stockholm äger demonstrationen rum nu på fredag kl 12.00 utanför Egyptens ambassad, Strandvägen 35. Bland talarna vid demonstrationen märks: […]
April 26th, 2007 at 2:51 am
[…] Canada […]
April 26th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
[…] Below is an open letter that will be handed to the Ambassadors to each of the eleven countries worldwide, in which demonstrations are to be held tomorrow in solidarity for Kareem: Dear Mr. Ambassador: […]
April 27th, 2007 at 6:36 am
[…] Groups of people will be gathering in cities around the world today to protest the unjust imprisonment of Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer. In case you’re not familiar with his case, here’s a little background from the Free Kareem Coalition: Kareem is a writer who always found the courage within him to keep speaking his mind freely in the name of not only freedom of speech, but the freedom to think in an otherwise sheltered society. Because of that, he has been sentenced to four years in prison. […]
April 27th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
أتمنى من الحكومة المصرية لإعادة النظر في قرار سجن المدون كريم لما يتعارض مع معايير الديمقراطية و الحرية الذاتية والشخصية مما سيزول أعيُن المجتمع الدولي الذي كان محط إعتبار له دولة مصر الشقيقة فنطالب الحكومة المصرية و النواب و نشطاء حقوق الإنسان والمنظمات الدولية و المحلية في مصر وخارجيها للتحرك العاجل لأجل إطلاق سراح الأخ عبدالكريم من السجون المصرية وذلك يتعارض مع معايير ومبادئ و بنود الدستور المصري …
حسين جواد
منظمة العفو الدولية
مملكة البحرين
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