Recently, about a dozen of Swedish Parliament members sent a letter to the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Kareem.
The Parliament members stated that Kareem “is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression”. The signatories of the letter, who make up the Parliamentary Human Rights Group, also called for an investigation “into the allegations of ill-treatment” of Kareem in prison, and for the repeal of the provision in Egypt’s penal code that allow for punishment for publishing “offenses”.

We are reprinting this letter with permission: