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Egypt: Worldwide Free Kareem Rallies

Sunday, April 29th, 2007 @ 11:45 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Egypt
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Protest

A series of rallies were held worldwide to draw attention to jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Suliaman, who have been sentenced to four years in prison for insulting both Islam and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Supporters gathered in Berlin, Germany, the United Kingdom, Bucharest, Romania, Stockholm, Sweden, Washington DC, US and Athens, Greece.

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