Latest coverage of Kareem: Democratic Forces Face Tough Time in Egypt’s Coming Election.
And, referring to a blogger who was sentenced to a four-year jail sentence for calling President Hosni Mubarak a “symbol of dictatorship,” and Al-Azhar University a “university of terror,” prosecutor Mohammed Dawud warned, “If we let people like him off without punishment, a wildfire will blaze up that consumes everything in its path.” He added, “Exactly that is what civil rights activists dream of, many of whom pin their hopes on a grass-roots digital democratization initiated by the country’s bloggers.”
Harassment of bloggers has increased year by year since then. For example:
In 2007, blogger Kareem Amer, an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for criticizing President Hosni Mubarak and Egypt’s al-Azhar religious authorities on his blog.
Below is a list of news coverage mentioning Kareem throughout the year 2010 thus far:
Egypt blogger military trial criticised
Egypt: Pledge Serious Human Rights Reform
Egypt and Libya: A Year of Serious Abuses
It’s official: Blogging is a dangerous business
A barometer of religious intolerance
Foreign languages:
Egypte: Le blogueur “Kareem Amer” condamné à quatre ans de prison
Kolejny bloger przed egipskim sądem
Vários países estão a prender jornalistas on-line e autores de blogues
Arabiske blogs giver unge stemme
Egitto conferma la lotta ai blogger
Blogger Mesir Disidang di Mahkamah Militer
El Periódico del Pueblo Oriental
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