Karim Amer Update from the Arabic Network for Human Rights (thanks to the Wise Law Blog). Karim Amer, Garry Wise reminds us, was "imprisoned for 'vilifying religion' and 'defaming' Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak."
Cairo, November 12, 2007 - The Arabic Network for Human Rights information and Hisham Mubarak Centre for Law sent a communiqué to the Egyptian Prosecutor-General , demanding to investigate into the issue of torturing Karim Amer in his prison. Karim who is an Egyptian blogger sentenced to prison for 4 years for 'vilifying religions' and defaming the president was tortured & that was ordered and supervised by an investigation officer in Borg Alarab prison. Karim was also ordered into a solitary cell where he was assaulted again and had one of his teeth broken; this assault's date came to mark one year since Karim was sent to jail.
Read it all.
It,s a chilling reminder for some of bloggers who live behind enemy lines
ooops
should read "some of us bloggers who live bhind enemy lines
"He mentioned to his lawyer that the maltreatment was always coupled with this phrase "This is until you do change your mind"!!
....similar to the Muslims demnands "convert or die".....