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Sharansky Slams Egypt for Jailing Dissident Blogger
[Jerusalem Post] Haviv Rettig - Democracy advocate Natan Sharansky lashed out at Egyptian authorities Thursday over the continued incarceration of Abdul Kareem Nabil Soliman, 24, an Egyptian blogger who criticized the Egyptian government. Sharansky's statement coincided with a string of demonstrations held at Egyptian embassies worldwide. Soliman has served half of a four-year sentence in Borg Alarab prison for insulting Islam and "defaming" Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. His trial in 2006 marked the first time a blogger was tried in Egypt.