Are governments worldwide doing anything for Kareem?
– USA: The U.S. State Department issued statements expressing the United States’ concern over the conviction, as well as its disappointment in the unsuccessful appeal. Kareem’s indefinite detention in 2006 was reported in the State Department’s 2006 human rights report on Egypt. Furthermore, two Congressmen co-signed a joint letter to the Egyptian Ambassador to the USA, demanding Kareem Amer’s release. – Italy: Three Italian MPs have written letters to the Egyptian Ambassador to Italy. An Italian MP and a Senator were present in the rally at Rome on Free Kareem Day. – Sweden: A member of the Swedish Parliament was a main speaker during a Stockholm demonstration held one day before Kareem’s verdict was delivered. – UK Independence Party Euro MP Derek Clark, intervening in a Euro-Mediterranean debate in the European Parliament, brought up the case of Kareem Amer’s imprisonment.