Confronting Kareem’s judge
April 30th, 2007Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al-Yousif, who is currently in Abu Dhabi for a media conference, is about to take part in a session which will be aired on several Arabic networks, and he notes:
The interesting thing is that Egyptian judge who is suing 21 Egyptian blogs is supposed to make an appearance via satellite. Other than the plagiarism issue, do you have any other issues you would like to put to him?
Send your questions (and plenty of them!) to hewar@bbc.co.uk
We consider this an urgent opportunity to question the judge about Kareem’s sentence.
Please send your questions and concerns about Kareem to the address given, folks! Be as respectful as possible but don’t shy away from bringing the important issue to the table. For once we have an opportunity to openly question the fairness of Kareem’s trials and sentence.
Whether or not the judge will actually make an appearance is not for sure, but let us send the questions anyways in hopes that someone else will shed the light upon this issue.
While the judge is not (as far as we know) directly connected to Abdul Monem’s arrest, still, this is a good opportunity to also bring that up. Even though Kareem and Monem had opposing views, they were both victims of the same human rights violation, and must be supported equally.
Update: Mahmood has just noted that the judge did not make it and instead sent his lawyer, but submit your questions and concerns as soon as possible anyways so that our media understands that we want these questions answered soon!
Remember the address is: hewar@bbc.co.uk
April 30th, 2007 at 5:02 am
This is a fascinating post.
April 30th, 2007 at 6:10 am
إلى جميع الأخوة و الأخوات
زميلتنا المدونة وينكي تعرضت لموقف خطير أدى لحذف مدونتها، و مما تسبب لها باحباط شديد فقررت ترك الكتابة إلى الأبد و اعتبرت نفسها ميتة
و لأننا نحن المدونون كلنا يد واحد و رزمة أقلام مجتمعة، أتمنى أن تشاركونا بهذه الحملة لاقناع وينكي العزول عن موقفها السلبي و لمعرفة ما حصل معها تماما
رابط الحملة وينكي لن تموت من هنا
أرجو من الجميع مساندة الأخت وينكي
http://gayofsun.blogspot.com/2007/04/blog-post_29.html
April 30th, 2007 at 8:07 am
GayofSun, thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. She has our support. Let us know what we can do.
April 30th, 2007 at 9:41 am
[…] Update on Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman It has been awhile since I have written on Kareem. The editor of Free Kareem writes that “Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al-Yousif, who is currently in Abu Dhabi for a media conference, is about to take part in a session which will be aired on several Arabic networks.” […]
April 30th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
I sent an email. This judge or his mouth-piece should get an earful about how limiting speech in Egypt is limiting progress. A country that treats its people poorly will never treat its neighbors well. The US aid to Egypt ($1.7Billion if I recall) should be directly tied to internal reforms. We have turned a blind eye to tyrants over the years as long as they behave in their foreign policy. But, we never see any real results in the civil rights of their citizenry. That way of thinking has got to stop.