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Kareem Amer will be Trialed Tomorrow Morning at Moharam Bek Misdemeanor Court in Alexandria
Human Rights Publications in Cairo International Book Fair
According to HRinfo's Latest Poll: The Execution of Saddam Hussein is about Revenge and Settling Political Accounts

Cairo - 17 January 2007

Three news stories in the press release of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo):

First: Kareem Amer will be trialed tomorrow by at Moharam Bek Misdemeanor Court in Alexandria:
Unexpectedly, the Public Prosecutor referred the claim of the Egyptian Blogger Abdul Kareem Nabeil Suleiman (internet name: Kareem Amer) to Moharam Bek Misdemeanor Court in Alexandria. Thereupon, Kareem will be trialed tomorrow morning by the said court in case no. 887/2006. Kareem is the first Egyptian blogger to be plainly trailed for his secular writings published on his own weblog http://karam903.blogspot.com. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information calls upon freedom of expression advocators in Egypt and all over the globe to support Kareem Amer in his prospected trial based on biased investigations by the Public Prosecutor.
For more information: http://www.hrinfo.net/en/focus/2007/pr0117.shtml

Second: Human Rights Publications in Cairo International Book Fair:
The human rights organizations in Egypt were granted an opportunity to exhibit and exchange their publications in the next Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF). The National Association of Human Rights (NAHR) shall reserve Exhibition Hall no. 4 titled "Human Rights Research and Legal Information Center" for this purpose. The next CIBF will start on 25 January, at Exhibitions Ground in Nasr City, Cairo.

This opportunity will help Egyptian human rights organizations to exhibit, sell, and communicate with their audience in a broad way.

For human rights organizations interested in participation, please send copies of your publications to NAHR headquarter with a symbolic subscription fee of 200 L.E. Subscribing organizations have to identify whether their books are for selling or for free.

For subscription and more information, please contact:
Mr. Amir Salem
Mobile: 0122104920
Address: 7 Hegaz Street, Roxy Square, Heliopolis, Cairo
Or
Mr. Gamal Manaa (HRinfo)
Tel.: 5249544 or 0121634600

Third: According to HRinfo's latest poll, the Execution of Saddam Hussein was about Revenge and Settling Political Accounts
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) concluded its latest electronic poll on public reaction to the execution of Saddam Hussein. The poll continued for fifteen days (1st to 16th January 2007). The results are shown below:

The execution of Saddam Hussein is:
1- about revenge and settling political accounts 75.28% (2342 votes)
2- fair but applied in wrong time 16.20% (504 votes)
3- for applying justice 8.52% (265 votes)

Total votes: 3111 votes
"Every computer was allowed to vote only once"

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