Egyptian blogger sentenced to four years

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

The victim, Abdel Kareem Soliman, 22, was tried in his native city of Alexandria. He blogs under the name Kareem Amer.

The trial lasted five minutes.

For more on this, and the Free Kareem petition, goto: http://www.freekareem.org/

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