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A Day of Action for Kareem

Chris Vallance | 13:01 UK time, Friday, 27 April 2007

Today bloggers are rallying in support of jailed . You can read more about the case and, if you wish, help . This ´óÏó´«Ã½ News :

An Egyptian court has sentenced a blogger to four years' prison for insulting Islam and the president.
Abdel Kareem Soliman's trial was the first time that a blogger had been prosecuted in Egypt. He had used his web log to criticise the country's top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university and President Hosni Mubarak, whom he called a dictator. A human rights group called the verdict "very tough" and a "strong message" to Egypt's thousands of bloggers.

Up All Night plans to cover today's events in support of Kareem.

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