Confronting Kareem’s judge - Urgent request!
I am cross posting this from our Free Kareem site:
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al-Yousif, who is currently in Abu Dhabi for a media conference, is about to take part in a session which will be aired on several Arabic networks, and he notes:
The interesting thing is that Egyptian judge who is suing 21 Egyptian blogs is supposed to make an appearance via satellite. Other than the plagiarism issue, do you have any other issues you would like to put to him?
Send your questions (and plenty of them!) to hewar@bbc.co.uk
We consider this an urgent opportunity to question the judge about Kareem’s sentence.
Please send your questions and concerns about Kareem to the address given, folks! Be as respectful as possible but don’t shy away from bringing the important issue to the table. For once we have an opportunity to openly question the fairness of Kareem’s trials and sentence.
Whether or not the judge will actually make an appearance is not for sure, but let us send the questions anyways in hopes that someone else will shed the light upon this issue.
While the judge is not (as far as we know) connected to Abdul Monem’s arrest, still, this is a good opportunity to also bring that up. Even though Kareem and Monem had opposing views, they were both victims of the same human rights violation, and must be supported equally.
Update: Mahmood has just noted that the judge did not make it and instead sent his lawyer, but submit your questions and concerns as soon as possible anyways so at least our media understands that we want these questions answered soon!
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PS - Is it just me or does anyone else find it weird that a judge himself requires a lawyer?
I would ask why it is only totalitarian regimes that see a security issue when someone expresses an opinion. Would that get me arrested?
Yes, and beaten with a stick! Especially if you asked it on a blog.