Mutual friend who blogs at Wa7damasrya has just returned from visiting Kareem in prison. Her remarks are the following:

I have just returned from visiting Kareem. Again, I have to say that putting him there is a horrible injustice. I could no longer bare seeing him there with all those criminals.

Guards continue to shout and use wood sticks with prisoners as if they are not human beings. Kareem and his ilk are treated like animals. She says:

Every time I go there, I feel so disappointed that my country has gotten this corrupt. I was thinking about Susan Mubarak, or “Mama Susan” as I used to say as a child, I just wish that she could live that experience one day… to actually visit the prison, to see one of her own sons being abused and sentenced to prison simply because he wrote his thoughts.

Kareem is fine. He was on a strike after they put him in the same cell with criminals who were accused of actual crimes like violence or abuse. He told me they will put him back in the cell of political prisoners.

I let him talk as much as he wants because he needed that. We stayed longer than they allowed us to during my previous visit.

The good news is that Kareem has agreed upon receiving the money that we have collected so far for the past year of our campaign. He will be sent 500 LE each month. Feel free to contact our treasurer to know of the details.

Many thanks to Wa7damasrya whose help and courage we could not succeed without. Visiting political prisoners in Egypt is certainly not easy and for her to do that means that she’s a true woman of her word and a real friend, both to us and to Kareem.

Kareem’s latest letter from prison is still in the process of being translated and we’ll share it as soon as it’s ready.