Prison Time for Egyptian Blogger

Good thing I don't live in Egypt: According to this column in The Washington Post, a 22 year old blogger named Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman is sitting in an Egyptian prison as we speak, all for the crime of "expressing his opinions on a blog." He's due to be sentenced tomorrow, not that he's had any reliable access to his lawyers during the time of his imprisonment (he first appeared in court on Nov. 7). He's been accused of a number of things since being ordered to court, including "spreading information disruptive of public order", but his great sin, in the eyes of the Egyptian government is most likely connected to the fact that Soliman is well acknowledged as a champion of the rights of women and religious minorities. He has also denounced religious extremism, and in certain places in this world, it turns out (and we should remember) that is enough to justify terminating your freedom.

To learn more about Soliman's case and how to speak out in support of him, visit: http://www.freekareem.org