Abdel Karim Suleiman

Abdel Karim Suleiman

Abdel Karim Suleiman is an Egyptian blogger who has been jailed for 4 years for insulting Islam and the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the Internet. Abdel Karim Suleiman, a 22-year-old former law student, was convicted for 8... [more]

Abdel Karim Suleiman is an Egyptian blogger who has been jailed for 4 years for insulting Islam and the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the Internet. Abdel Karim Suleiman, a 22-year-old former law student, was convicted for 8 specific articles he wrote in 2004.

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Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leader

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Egyptian security forces have arrested a leading member of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood and three others in pre-dawn raids on Sunday, the group said on its website. Abdel Moneim Abul Futuh, a member of the Islamist group's politburo, Fathi Lashin, a former judge, Gamal Abdel Salam of the Arab doctors union, and teacher Abdel Rahman al-Gamal, were detained. "The arrests are part of the regime's attempt to cut the Brotherhood off from Egyptian political life," the group's number two Mohammed Habib said on the website. He said more than 140 members had been arrested in recent weeks. The Brotherhood, Egypt's main opposition movement, is ... Read Full Story

Egypt official stabbed to death by assistant

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An official from Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party who was found dead in party offices was killed by his assistant, police said on Saturday. Ikram Ahmed Abdel Latif, 25, stabbed the NDP's Mohammed Zaki Mohammed Mussa to death after Mussa failed to pay him his monthly salary of 350 Egyptian pounds (62 dollars) four times in a row, police said. Abdel Latif confessed after his fingerprints were found on the knife. Mussa, who was the NDP's administrative director for the affluent Cairo suburb of 6th October City, was found dead Wednesday evening with 10 stab wounds to his body. The NDP is headed by ... Read Full Story

Suleiman Precedent

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"It's a dangerous precedent because it will impact the only free space available now, which is the Internet. The charges were undefined and vague," said a fellow blogger who attended the trial but wished to remain anonymous. Read Full Story

WaPo editorial on jailed Egyptian blogger, and US responsibility

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A popular blogger in Egypt named Kareem was sentenced to four years in jail last week for expressing his opinions online. He was one of several bloggers arrested in that country last year. The others were released after being beaten... Read Full Story

Egyptian editor jailed for two months

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Ibrahim Eissa jailed for writing rumours about President Hosni Mubarak's health, judicial source says. Read Full Story
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