Egyptian Blogger On Trial For Insulting Islam
An Egyptian blogger has gone to trial on the charges of insulting Islam in his blog.
Abdel Kareem Nabil often denounced Islamic authorities and criticized Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his Arabic-language blog. He has been in detention since November and faces up to nine years in prison if convicted.
This is not the first time a blogger has been arrested for having a liberal and pro-democracy point of view. While others were simply released without formal charges, this is the first time an arrested blogger has been put on trial. Egypt has been heavily criticized in the past by human rights groups for such arrests.
In Thursday’s court session, Abdel Kareem Nabil was charged with the inciting sedition, insulting Islam, harming national unity and insulting the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak.
The Assyrian International News Agency has more.
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After Condoleezza Rice’s meeting with Mubarak, I wasn’t surprised to read what Ahmed Seif al-Islam said:
“We are in the phase of [the U.S.] hinting to government that they can take repressive measures for the sake of stability.”
No wonder Reporters Without Borders, the media watchdog group, included Egypt in its “Enemies of the Internet” report.
By Vince Williams on January 20, 2007 7:40 pm