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Egypt: Jailed Egyptian Blogger Kareem Wins Award

Thursday, March 15th, 2007 @ 11:28 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Egypt
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Human Rights

Jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman has won the 2007 Hugo Young Award for Journalism at the 7th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Ceremony, according to Free Kareem, a website dedicated to his freedom.

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