Free Egypt’s Blogger - Op-ed in the New York Post
March 23rd, 2007Our New York Coordinator, Constantino Diaz-Duran, had his op-ed article published today in the New York Post.
Excerpt:
Depriving a student of his freedom and robbing him of his youth merely for posting his opinions on a Web site is a horrible step back for Egypt. It certainly makes a mockery of the claims by Karim Haggag, press attache at the Egyptian embassy in Washington, that “freedom of speech is safeguarded in Egypt’s Constitution and its legal framework.”
The United States claims to be Egypt’s friend and ally. But friends call each other on their mistakes, and urge correction. Franks has pointed out that “Congress is concerned with Egypt’s stifling of basic human rights” and called on Mubarak to “immediately pardon” Soliman.
When Rice meets with Mubarak this weekend, she should transmit the same message.
Read full article here.
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:24 am
[...] Pressure is mounting on Egypt to release jailed blogger Abdulkareem Nabeel Sulaiman. The latest pressure tactics are an op-ed article in the New York Post and a call to US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to raise Kareem’s issue in her meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, according to Free Kareem, a site put up by the jailed blogger’s supporters. Amira Al Hussaini [...]