Egyptian blogger jailed for insulting islam

international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Thursday February 22, 2007 11:38 by Mario Buda

This is truly appalling. Imagine if you could be imprisoned for criticising the Roman Catholic Church or Bertie? Protest to the Egyptian Embassy at the address below.

An Egyptian court has sentenced an internet blogger to four years' prison for insulting Islam and the president.

Abdul Karim Nabil used his weblog to criticise the country's top Islamic institution, the al-Azhar university and President Hosni Mubarak.

Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
12 Clyde Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
Tel:01 660 6566 /01 660 6718 /01 667 6150 (Visas)
Fax:01 668 3745
Email: [email protected]