Français: Le blogueur Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman
détenu depuis six semaines
Country/Topic: Egypt
Date: 19 December
2006
Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Person(s): Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman ( Kareem Amer ,
Abdel Karim Suliman Amer )
Target(s): journalist(s)
Type(s) of violation(s): detained , imprisoned
Urgency:
Bulletin
(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has repeated an appeal for the release
of blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman - known as Kareem Amer - who has been
held in custody for six weeks after posting articles critical of Islam on his
blog ( http://www.karam903.blogspot.com ).
Amer, aged 22, who was arrested on 6 November 2006, has twice had his period
in detention extended for two further weeks by judges in Alexandria.
"The imprisonment of this blogger, who represents no threat to national
security, is unacceptable. His outspokenness may not be popular and he has to
take responsibility for his comments, but keeping him in custody without trial
is a disgrace for Egyptian justice," the worldwide press freedom organisation
said.
"The country is proving yet again that it fully deserves its place on our
list of the '13 Enemies of the Internet'," it added.
Amer, who is imprisoned in central Alexandria, 200 km north of Cairo, is
being held in harsh and unhealthy conditions and shares his cell with common
prisoners.
He is accused of, among other things, "incitement to hatred of Islam" and
"circulating rumours threatening public order" for having condemned the
government's religious and authoritarian excesses. He was questioned on 8
November and 6 December, after which investigating judges both times renewed his
two-week period of detention. His lawyer was denied access at the second
questioning session.
He was previously arrested in October 2005 for posting anti-religious
articles on his blog and held for 18 days.
For further information, contact Julien Pain, RSF Internet Desk, 5, rue
Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 71, fax: +33 1 45 23 11
51, e-mail:
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, Internet: http://www.internet.rsf.org
**Updates IFEX alerts of 22 and 13 November 2006; please note that in
previous alerts, the blogger's name was spelled "Abdel Karim Suliman Amer"**
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