Egypt Blogger Jailed for 'Insult'

Be grateful if you live in a democracy:

An Egyptian court has sentenced an internet blogger to four years' prison for insulting Islam and the president.

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

He's guilty of speaking the truth:

He had used his weblog to criticise the country's top Islamic institution, the al-Azhar university and President Hosni Mubarak, whom he called a dictator.

How would you describe a "President" who has been in power for 25 years in country where prisoners a regularly tortured? Don't expect the White House to criticize the jailing of this blogger.