Blogging can be dangerous
An Egyptian court has today sentenced local blogger Abdel Kareem Soliman to prison. During the five-minute court session, the judge said Soliman was guilty and would serve three years for insulting Islam and inciting sedition and one year for insulting President Hosni Mubarak. There ought to be worldwide outrage at this news.
You can view the offending blog here – most of it is in Arabic, but there’s personal profile in English. Also there is a site here campaigning for his release.
Another Arab site which advocates freedom of expression is this one – there are 50 articles in English.