The March 18 Movement » Egypt http://www.march18.org Let the first blogger to die in prison be the last Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:24:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Urgent Request – Flood the jail with mail http://www.march18.org/urgent-request-flood-the-jail-with-mail/ http://www.march18.org/urgent-request-flood-the-jail-with-mail/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 12:05:16 +0000 Uzma http://www.march18.org/?p=397 Dear friends,

A few days ago, news broke out that Security officers of the Borj al Arab prison broke into Kareem’s prison cell and took away his letters of support, which Kareem has been receiving from around the world.

They also confiscated his notebook, where he keeps his personal thoughts in an attempt to cope with his unjust imprisonment. They have done this for no apparent reason than to abuse a free speech advocate who remains imprisoned since November 6, 2006 merely for his blog posts.

This is not the first time it has happened. In August 2008, some of Kareem’s books and other reading materials were arbitrarily confiscated.

We call upon you to take action: Flood the Jail with Mail, by sending letters of support directly to Kareem!

For Kareem’s address and to read more about this campaign, please visit this page.

We need your support! Please circulate this news and get others involved! Don’t let Kareem go through this alone.

]]> http://www.march18.org/urgent-request-flood-the-jail-with-mail/feed/ 1 Coptic Blogger Detained Without Charges for Over a Year in Egypt http://www.march18.org/coptic-blogger-detained-without-charges-for-over-a-year-in-egypt/ http://www.march18.org/coptic-blogger-detained-without-charges-for-over-a-year-in-egypt/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:58:26 +0000 admin http://www.march18.org/?p=139 Hani Nazeer, a 28-year-old Coptic blogger has been held in an Egyptian prison for over a year without any charges brought against him. Nazeer who kept a blog called Karz El Hob, was arrested on October 3, 2008 by State Security Investigations. Two days prior to his arrest, young Muslims from Nazeer’s village visited his blog. The blog included a link to a website that featured, among other things, the digital version of a novel called “Azazil’s Goat in Mecca”, which is viewed as offensive to Islam. The young men became infuriated and suspected that Nazeer was the author of the novel. On that day, the State Security agents came to Nazeer’s house, and because he wasn’t there, they arrested two of his brothers, and held them hostage until Hani would turn himself in. On October 3, the agents went back to his house and arrested his sister as well. Later that day Hani turned himself in. Since then, he’s been kept in Burj Al-Arab prison in harsh conditions with common criminals; according to his lawyers, he has been pressured by prison officials to convert to Islam. He has not been charged with any crime and kept in detention under Egypt’s 1981 Emergency Law.

On November 9, Nazeer learned that his latest appeal for release has been denied. His lawyers appealed for his release once again, and Nazeer has threatened to begin a hunger strike if this appeal is denied by Egyptian authorities.

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