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A Special Appeal to Egypt from African Liberty: Free Saad and Kareem August 8th, 2008

Africal Liberty recently published this appeal to Egypt, requesting that blogger Kareem Amer and democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim be freed:

We make a special appeal to the Egyptian Authorities to give meaning to the very existence of man–to pursue his lawful goals without let or hindrance; that the basis for such expression lays in the freedom of thought and speech.

Democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim has just been convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly making unpalatable comments on bilateral trade agreements between Egypt and the United States. A young Egyptian student blogger named Abdul Kareem Nabil Soliman is languishing in a Cairo jail for allegedly defaming the Egyptian President and questioning the Islamisation of his University, Al-Azhar University. Kareem has served two out of a four-year sentence handed him in a kangaroo-like court after truncated investigations.

Obviously, incarcerating people for merely expressing their thoughts can only mean one thing- they live under a repressive regime. We have hoped that African countries that callously suppressed freedom of speech would learn from others such as Ghana. Egypt risks being categorized into the infamous league of repressive states (if not already) if Saad, Kareem and any other persons suffering similar fate continue to be held in prison.

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Kareem featured in Townhall article July 26th, 2008

FREE AMER

A U.S. congressman is calling on Egypt to release a popular human rights blogger from prison.

“Kareem Amer, as he is known on the blogosphere, was sentenced to four years in prison in February 2007 solely for what he wrote on his blog condemning Islamic extremism and the treatment of women,” notes Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois Republican.

The congressman points out that Egypt is one of the largest recipients of U.S. aid and, “We should ensure that the partners of ours of this magnitude are also dedicated to the freedom of expression.”

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Italian FAQs on Kareem July 26th, 2008

A supporter of this campaign volunteered his efforts and translated basic information about Kareem to Italian:

Chi è Kareem Amer?
Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman, meglio noto come Kareem Amer suo pseudonimo usato in Internet, è un 23enne di Alessandria, in Egitto. E’ cresciuto in una famiglia molto religiosa ed ha sempre frequentato la scuola religiosa Al-Azhar. Ha cominciato a ribellarsi all’estremismo religioso che percepiva nella sua scuola iniziando ad esprimere le sue opinioni su un blog e su Modern Discussion (Discussione Moderna NdT)Quando la direzione di Al-Azhar scopre il suo blog verso la fine del 2005, viene espulso dalla scuola ed il suo caso segnalato alle autorità giudiziarie. Il 22 Febbraio 2007, Kareem viene condannato a quattro anni di prigione: tre anni per ‘oltraggio alla religione’ ed uno per ‘aver diffamato il Presidente della Repubblica Egiziana’. A metà marzo la Corte d’Appello conferma la sentenza a lui sfavorevole di quattro anni di prigione ed un tribunale civile approva anche un procedimento presentato da undici avvocati che vogliono multare Kareem per ‘aver offeso l’Islam’. I legali di Kareem faranno appello alla Corte di Cassazione (terzo grado).

Sul suo blog, Kareem si descrive così:

Sono un pragmatico studente di Legge; voglio aiutare l’umanità contro ogni forma di discriminazione … voglio fondare uno studio legale che si occupi di coloro che difendono i Diritti Umani e che coinvolga altri avvocati che condividono le mie stesse opinioni. Il nostro obiettivo principale sarà difendere i diritti delle donne musulmane ed arabe contro ogni forma di discriminazione e di fermare i crimini violenti perpetrati quotidianamente ai loro danni in questi paesi.

Perchè è stato espulso dall’Università Al-Azhar?

All’inizio di marzo 2006, Abdul Kareem è invitato a presentarsi davanti ad una commissione disciplinare presso la Facoltà di Sharia & Legge (Damanhour Campus) dell’Università Al-Azhar. In tale sede è messo di fronte ad alcuni suoi articoli apparsi sul suo blog, così come quelli pubblicati su Modern Discussion e Copts United (Copti Uniti NdT) all’interno dei quali esprimeva opinioni secolari, promuoveva l’uguaglianza tra uomo e donna e criticava l’Università Al-Azhar.

Gli articoli su cui viene interrogato sono quelli in cui Kareem espone le proprie posizioni laiche, critica le politiche di segregazione dei sessi dell’Università ed esprime disaccordo sulle pressioni esercitate dal Grande Sheikh di Al-Azhar sull’Islamic Research Academy a supportare il Presidente Mubarak.

Kareem non ha disconosciuto la paternità di questi articoli, affermando che essi rappresentano le sue opinioni personali e che sono apparsi su Internet, non all’interno del campus.

Alla fine dell’udienza, Kareem viene accusato di:
→ Oltraggio alla religione in generale e dell’Islam in particolare;
→ Offese al Grande Sheikh di Al-Azhar, così come ad un altro professore;
→ Ateismo.

Pochi giorni dopo, egli viene formalmente espulso dall’università ed il Preside della Facoltà di Sharia & Legge, Dr. Hamdi Shalby, presenta una copia dei documenti relativi all’indagine interna alle autorità giudiziarie.

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Join the Free Kareem blog network July 26th, 2008

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Hundreds of prisoners pardoned in Egypt July 22nd, 2008

TOMORROW, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will pardon hundreds of prisoners who have served more than half of their sentences, an annual gesture of mercy coinciding with commemorations of the July 23, 1952, “revolution” that brought Egypt’s military-backed regime to power. If past practice holds, those freed will include some convicted of violent crimes such as murder and rape.

- Washington Post.

Will victims of Egypt’s human rights abuses be eligible as well? Or are criminals and rapists still favored by the Egyptian government than those fighting for free speech, and individual freedom?

Egypt, it is time to FREE KAREEM!

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