Latest coverage of Kareem: Democratic Forces Face Tough Time in Egypt’s Coming Election.

Egypt Waging War on Bloggers:

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

Virtually, Some Real Freedom

Egypt: Pledge Serious Human Rights Reform

Blogs mark the first 10 years

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

Dans le même pays

Egitto conferma la lotta ai blogger

Blogger Mesir Disidang di Mahkamah Militer

El Periódico del Pueblo Oriental