Mona Kareem

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Born in Dec 1987. Two published poetry collections. Grad student at SUNY Binghamton Comparative Literature program. B.A in English and Comparative Literature from the American University of Kuwait. Freelance writer/journalist and contributor for Globalvoicesonline.org, Jadaliyya.com & Migrant-rights.com – Blogging at http://monakareem.blogspot.com

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9 June 2012

Kuwait: Three Netizens Sentenced to Prison

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Kuwait

Since the Arab Spring first sparked, Kuwaiti authorities have been following internet users closely and summoning them to interrogation and then sending them to courts for prosecution over different cases that are mostly sectarian or political.

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12 April 2012

Kuwait: Tortured for Someone Else's Tweets

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Kuwait

Throughout the year of 2011, Kuwait has had many cases of arrests of twitter users. It started with two tweeps getting arrested for insulting a religious sect. Other cases had...

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11 March 2012

UAE: Activist Arrested for his Tweets

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment, Feature, United Arab Emirates

With the birth of the Arab Spring, the United Arab Emirates’ authorities seem to be intimidated by any voice asking for reforms and change. The start was with the arbitrary...

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6 February 2012

Kuwait: Ahmad Mansoor, a UAE blogger denied entry

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Kuwait, News, United Arab Emirates

Ahmad Mansoor, UAE's most famous blogger who was detained last year for several months with four other activists for signing an online petition calling for reforms in his country, was...

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17 December 2011

Bahrain: Blogger Zainab Al-Khawaja Brutally Arrested

Written by Mona Kareem · Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Bahrain, Feature

Bahraini blogger Zainab Al-Khawaja, whose tweets @angryarabiya are keeping the world up-to-date with atrocities committed by the Bahraini regime against protesters, was brutally arrested on Friday. The mother of a two-year-old, whose father and husband are in jail, has been detained for seven days pending investigation. Netizens were on the ground and documented her arrest.

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28 November 2011

UAE: Jail Sentences for Five Activists

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment, Feature, United Arab Emirates

Update 1 [28 Nov 2011/1 PM GMT]: The day after the court decisions were made, Attorney Mohammed al-Roken told The Associated Press the public prosecutor’s office confirmed President Khalifa...

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7 November 2011

Remembering Ali Abdulemam

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment, Bahrain, Feature

To know the Arab blogosphere, you need to know Ali Abdulemam, the Bahraini blogger who spent more time in jail than in blogging in the past year. He is one of the fathers of Arab blogging and solely called the godfather of blogging in Bahrain as he was the founder of Bahrain Online, a forum that the regime blocked in 2002.

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