p2pnet - rss feed: Kareem Amer RWB Cyber-Dissident
p2pnet news | Freedom:- A 23-year-old Egyptian blogger has been named as the laureate in Reporters Without Borders‘ Cyber-dissident category.
Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman, aka Kareem Amer, was sentenced to four years in jail for carrying criticism of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and of the Islamist grip on the country’s universities.
While he was online, “He was a vocal critic of conservative Muslims and in other posts described Mubarak’s regime as a ’symbol of dictatorship’.”
In other awards, “with just a few months to go before the opening of the Beijing Olympics, Reporters Without Borders has awarded a special ‘China’ prize to husband-and-wife human rights team Hu Jia and Zeng Jinyan, who are under house arrest,” it says, adding:
“Holed up at home the two activists nevertheless continue to do their best to keep the entire world up to date with damaging effects on the Chinese people of the preparations for the Olympic Games.”
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Kareem Amer - Egyptian blogger stays in jail, March 13, 2007
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