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Kareem about to spend 600th day in prison - GET INVOLVED!

June 24th, 2008Esra'a (Bahrain)

Kareem is an Egyptian blogger who was arrested and sentenced to 4 years in prison merely for expressing his opinions on a personal blog and some political sites.

Kareem has been arrested since November 6th, 2006. He is about to spend his 600th day in prison! We are planning an event for this day and hope that you will all be involved.

Here are the details.

Date: Saturday, the 28th of June
Occasion: Day 600 for Kareem in prison!
Theme: Increase awareness for Kareem in prison, and get in touch with him!

How you can get involved:

On the 28th, dedicate a post on your blog/website to Kareem.

You can do this in two ways:

Option 1: Write a post/letter directly to or about Kareem. Make people aware of what Kareem is going through. Express your opinions or concerns over the fact that he is still in prison just for sharing his personal views on radical Islam, extremism within Al Azhar, and the president of Egypt.

Option 2: Write about something controversial, fearlessly, the same way as Kareem did (whether be it about free speech, human rights, religious freedom, political rights, et al) and then dedicate this post to him.

You may also choose to directly write to Kareem using the following address:

Prisoner Abdul Kareem Nabil Suleiman
Alexandria
Borg Al-Arab Prison
Room 1 Section 22
The Arab Republic of Egypt

Please attach the Arabic address on your letter:

Kareem's address in prison (Arabic)

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6 Responses to “Kareem about to spend 600th day in prison - GET INVOLVED!”

  1. #1 Global Voices Online » Egypt: Kareem’s 600th Day in Prison - June 24th, 2008 at 8:44 am

    [...] will soon be the 600th day in prison for jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Sulieman. Bahraini Esra'a writes about how you can get involved in pressing for his release. Posted by Amira Al Hussaini [...]

  2. #2 Omid T (Iran/USA) - June 24th, 2008 at 8:45 am

    Kareem will be an icon for freedom when all this nonsense is over.

  3. #3 ray - June 24th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    count me in!!! will be sure to get involved. what a great initiative!!

  4. #4 elinor(Iran) - June 26th, 2008 at 2:13 am

    How Nice it would be if he is freed as a sign of Good Will toward the youth. He is not a criminal, he shared his opinion with others, well, one can answer him back, not a good opinion? condemn what he said, but give him another chance.

  5. #5 Mats - June 27th, 2008 at 1:03 am

    Bless you for every effort to help Kareem and others who are in trouble.

  6. #6 James Arnoldi - June 27th, 2008 at 7:13 am

    I just learned of this today but I will be posting Kareem’s situation on my site and continue to monitor his progress.

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