Flood the Jail with Mail Starts Today
By Curt on Apr 7, 2008 in Flood the Jail with Mail, Free Kareem, Imprisoned bloggers, Kareem, Egypt
In conjunction with FreeKareem.org, the Committee to Protect Bloggers is launching a mail campaign in support of imprisoned Egyptian blogger, Kareem Amer. (If you’re not familiar with the case of this unjustly-imprisoned blogger, please read FreeKareem’s FAQ.)
From today through April 21, both organizations are encouraging their memberships to go analogue and write Kareem a letter or postcard.
There are several reasons for this departure from the digital.
First, Kareem can receive physical mail. Second, a sufficient amount of such mail will remind Egyptian authorities that this blogger, bloggers in general and prisoners of conscience over all, are not alone. When Kareem was being tortured several months ago, the focus of international media was instrumental in stopping it. Finally, it takes us out of our comfort zones and reminds us that what we do exists in the physical world with real consequences.
Alexandria
Borg Al-Arab Prison
Room 1 Section 22
Prisoner Abdul Kareem Nabil Suleiman
The Arab Republic of Egypt
Kareem’s address in Arabic - mandatory to include on envelope
Upon sending a letter or card to Kareem, please let either the CPB or FreeKareem know you’ve done so, by commenting on one of the blogs, emailing us, or tagging a post about it with “floodthejail.”
Al-Rasheed | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Dear Kareem,
from the land which is suffering the worst because of the hard headed crazy religious Fanatics, I would like to express my solidarity with you. remember that you are being prosecuted for using your mind and speaking up your thoughts. remember that the greatest Jihad ( struggle) is to say the word of truth in the Face of the Tyrant Sultan. May God , out praisers and hearts be with you on your ordeal.
Al-Rasheed