Kareem Amer
Egyptian blogger and former law student / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kareem Nabil Suleiman Amer (Arabic: كريم نبيل سليمان عامر, IPA: [ʕæbdelkeˈɾiːm næˈbiːl seleˈmæːn ˈʕæːmeɾ, -kæˈɾiːm-]) (born c. 1984) is an Egyptian Norwegian blogger and former law student. He was arrested by Egyptian authorities for posts on his blog that were considered to be anti-religious and insulting to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. On 22 February 2007, in his native city Alexandria, Amer was sentenced to three years of imprisonment for insulting Islam and inciting sedition and one year for insulting the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.[1] He was the first blogger in Egypt explicitly arrested for the content of his writing, and was released on 17 November 2010,[2] but not before he was beaten and detained by Egyptian security forces.[3] He thereafter moved to Bergen, Norway where he obtained political asylum and gained Norwegian citizenship.[4]
Kareem Amer | |
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Born | Kareem Nabil Suleiman Amer (1984-06-17) 17 June 1984 (age 39) Alexandria, Egypt |
Nationality | Egypt, Norway |
Occupation | blogger |
Known for | 2007–2010 imprisonment |