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Topic: MEDIA
So I read that an Egyptian blogger is looking at a 4 year sentence for expressing his opinion. Ha ... don't let the Gonzales/Bush thugs hear about this ..... they would love to apply the same oppression!
Obviously freedom of speech is somewhat still protected here in the US.
But it is under attack and being challenged constantly, post 911, here in the USA and around the world. Censorship for National Security reasons requires no explaination....."Do it, or go to prison for a long time" oh do as a under the umbrella of terrorism and it will be prison for life with no trial ....... amazing my friends isn't it?
Check this link from the Washington Post that explains a little more on Abdel Kareem Nabil the Egyptian free speech civil rights hero facing jail: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022700065.html
I found that link here on this blog: http://freedomforegyptians.blogspot.com/search/label/Freedom%20of%20expression
One more covering this censorship is here: http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/25/free-kareem-egyptian-bloggers-speak-out/
{Quote from Washington Post}
CAIRO, EGYPT-- Lawyers filed an appeal Monday on behalf of a blogger who was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Egypt's president.
Abdel Kareem Nabil, a former law student at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, used his blog to advocate secularism and criticize conservative Muslims
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