Blogger and poet jailed in Egypt for exercising free speech

An Egyptian court has sentenced a blogger to four years' prison for insulting Islam and the President Hosni Mubarak.

Abdel Kareem Soliman's trial was the first time that a blogger had been prosecuted in Egypt.

He had used his web log to criticise the country's top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university and President Hosni Mubarak, whom he called a dictator. He received a four year sentence after a 5 minute trail.

A civil servant in Egypt has also been jailed for three years for insulting President Hosni Mubarak in a poem.

Moneer Said Hanna's family said he wrote satirical poetry for fun and never meant to hurt anyone.

Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8150687.stm

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Sarah Palin threatens Alaskan Huffington Post blogger

Sarah Palin and her attorney, Thomas Van Flein, have threatened to sue an alskan Huffington Post blogger, Shannyn Moore.

Moore is a radio personality, a Huffington Post blogger, and a frequent guest on MSNBC''s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. There were scads of blogs, both local and national that reported on the Iceberg and Housegate rumors, many in greater detail than Moore did. But Moore really got under the soon-to-be-ex governor's skin. Palin apparently she watches MSNBC cable news more than she reads.

Today Van Flein issued a four page letter regarding the reporting of these rumors.

Van Flein's letter threatening legal action because blogger Shannyn Moore claimed as "fact" that Palin resigned under federal investigation.

Van Flein, asked why he singled out Moore, said it's because she went on national television and talked about it. Moore was on with MSNBC's David Shuster on Friday, the day Palin announced she will resign.

The only fact is that there are rumors which have been heard since last October. They even have a name - "Housegate or the 'Iceberg Scandal.'

If you Google "Palin Housegate," you get 8,600 references, beginning back with an article that appeared in the Village Voice. Googling "Palin sports complex scandal" gets you 230,000. How many mentions do you need to constitute a rumor?

Moore has already discussed the threat on her radio show, where she said emphatically, "Bring it on." She said she had already gotten legal advice, and has a long list of attorneys who had emailed her, stepping up and eagerly offering to take on Sarah Palin in such a case.

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