Egypt - Jailed blogger again forbidden visit by lawyer

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders deplores the way the authorities continue to persecute Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, a jailed blogger better known by the pen-name of Kareem Amer. For the third time in a row, one of his lawyers has been denied the right to visit him in Borg Al Arab prison although he had the required permits from the Alexandria attorney-general's office. The lawyer, Ahmed Omar, one of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information's lawyer (ANHRI), was told on arrival at the prison (...)

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