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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Egyptian editor jailed for two months

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

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WaPo editorial on jailed Egyptian blogger, and US responsibility

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

Suleiman Precedent

"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

Blogger gets 4 years for insulting Islam

An Egyptian court has sentenced a blogger to four years' prison for insulting Islam and the president. You can read the details here. The article that done for him starts of:- "The Muslims have taken the mask off to show their true hateful face, and they have shown the world that they are at the top of their brutality, inhumanity, and thievery. They have clearly shown their worst features and have shown that in dealing with others they are not governed by any moral codes." And you can... Read Full Story
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