Another Free Kareem petition
January 28th, 2007There appears to be another Free Kareem petition here. Much thanks to Mohammed Shouman for putting this together, we hope this will make more people aware of Kareem’s situation.
Kareem on MySpace
January 24th, 2007Saro Tribastone was kind enough to start a MySpace page for Kareem in order to help spread the word about his case. Thanks!
Update
November 27th, 2006Over 1,400 people have signed the petition for Kareem so far. Thank you all for your much needed support! If you haven’t signed this petition yet - please consider doing so.
Tom Palmer calls for more attention on Kareem’s case
November 19th, 2006We’d like to thank Tom Palmer for his continuous efforts to increase awareness on this case.
You can act to help free Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman, who has been detained by the Egyptian authorities for writing on his blog. Regardless of whether you agree with his views or not (he is very critical of the Egyptian government and of Islam), please support his right to express his views peacefully. Please sign this petition for his release. It’s easy. If you want to do more, please write a respectful letter to the Egyptian Embassy in your country. Just a minute of your time can help a young man who should not be in prison. Please take that minute. And then ask at least one friend.
Please think of yourself in a prison cell and how much you would hope that others would act on your behalf.
Thank you Tom. This campaign is stronger because of your efforts.
FYI, Glenn Reynolds has also blogged about this.
Tharwa Community Condemns the Detention of Egyptian Blogger “Kareem Amer” and Sponsors HAMSA petition for his release
November 18th, 2006Originally published at the Tharwa Community:
The Tharwa Community strongly denounces the arrest of Egyptian blogger Abdel Karim Suliman Amer, known as “Kareem Amer,” for expressing secular opinions on his blog. Kareem, a former student at Al-Azhar University, was illegally arrested in October 2005 by security forces due to opinions he expressed online regarding the sectarian violence in Alexandria that year.Egyptianblogger After his arrest and release, Al-Azhar Univeristy dismissed Kareem and filed a communiqué with the Office of the Public Prosecutor against Kareem. Despite the arguments of Kareem and a human rights lawyer from the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information who was representing him, the prosecutor decided to detain Kareem again on November 6 for four days, on a renewable basis, pending an investigation.
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948, states:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
The Tharwa Community fully supports Kareem’s right to free speech, as we stand by all those brave enough to express their views, however controversial, in repressive societies.
We formally sponsor the petition drafted by the Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance (HAMSA) to release Kareem, and we ask all of our readers to express their solidarity with Kareem by signing this important document. We also encourage you to visit www.freekareem.org for more information on this matter.
Statement of support from “Students for Global Democracy”
November 13th, 2006The Students for Global Democracy Condemns the Detention of Egyptian Blogger “Kareem Amer” and Sponsors HAMSA petition for his release
The Students for Global Democracy strongly denounces the arrest of Egyptian blogger Abdel Karim Suliman Amer, known as “Kareem Amer,” for expressing secular opinions on his blog. Kareem, a former student at Al-Azhar University, was illegally arrested in October 2005 by security forces due to opinions he expressed online regarding the sectarian violence in Alexandria that year. After his arrest and release, Al-Azhar University dismissed Kareem and filed a communiqué with the Office of the Public Prosecutor against Kareem. Despite the arguments of Kareem and a human rights lawyer from the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information who was representing him, the prosecutor decided to detain Kareem again on November 6 for four days, on a renewable basis, pending an investigation.
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948, states:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
The Students for Global Democracy fully supports Kareem’s right to free speech, as we stand by all those brave enough to express their views, however controversial, in repressive societies.
We formally sponsor the petition drafted by the Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance (HAMSA) to release Kareem, and we ask all of our readers to express their solidarity with Kareem by signing this important document.
Students for Global Democracy has endorsed a campaign to free Kareem
November 10th, 2006Students for Global Democracy, a student activist group based in the US, has endorsed the campaign to free Kareem.
The Students for Global Democracy Condemns the Detention of Egyptian Blogger “Kareem Amer” and Sponsors HAMSA petition for his release
The Students for Global Democracy strongly denounces the arrest of Egyptian blogger Abdel Karim Suliman Amer, known as “Kareem Amer,” for expressing secular opinions on his blog. Kareem, a former student at Al-Azhar University, was illegally arrested in October 2005 by security forces due to opinions he expressed online regarding the sectarian violence in Alexandria that year. After his arrest and release, Al-Azhar University dismissed Kareem and filed a communiqué with the Office of the Public Prosecutor against Kareem. Despite the arguments of Kareem and a human rights lawyer from the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information who was representing him, the prosecutor decided to detain Kareem again on November 6 for four days, on a renewable basis, pending an investigation.
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948, states:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
The Students for Global Democracy fully supports Kareem’s right to free speech, as we stand by all those brave enough to express their views, however controversial, in repressive societies.
We formally sponsor the petition drafted by the Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance (HAMSA) to release Kareem, and we ask all of our readers to express their solidarity with Kareem by signing this important document.
Release Abdelkareem Soliman
November 6th, 2006I write to demand the release of Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman, a 22-year-old Egyptian blogger who has been arrested by authorities in Alexandria, Egypt.
Abdelkareem is an internationally-recognized young blogger, and I cannot stay silent while Egyptian authorities arrest him for exercising his freedom of speech.
On Monday, November 6, Abdelkareem was interrogated by prosecutors in the Mohram Bek district of Alexandra. The security officials challenged Abdelkareem over opinion columns he has posted on his weblog, http://karam903.blogspot.com/.
A human rights lawyer from the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information was present to represent Abdelkareem. But the police still decided to arrest him.
I urge you to act now to ensure Abdelkareem’s immediate release. Thank you.
