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Four years jail, effectively just for being a blogger and stating your views. We blogged about this mildly-critical-blogger before, now he has four years jail. He was one of several bloggers arrested in Egypt last year. The others were released after being beaten (one was raped) by police, but Kareem was prosecuted, tried in a kangaroo court, then hauled off to jail this past week.

Egypt is one of the largest recipients of US aid, about $2 billion a year. USA should stop foreign 'aid' to recipients like Egypt until they behave in a morally responsible way. Details in boingboing here.