Egyptian Blogger's Jail Sentence Upheld

Reuters reports that an Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld the 4-year jail sentence that a lower court recently imposed on blogger Abdel-Karim Suleiman. (See prior posting.) Suleiman was convicted of insulting Islam, inciting sectarian strife and insulting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Suleiman's lawyers plan to appeal the sentence to the Court of Cassation.