Egyptian blogger Abdel Karim Suleiman was charged for the 'crimes' of 'inciting hatred of Islam' and insulting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek in posts on his blog - which Suleiman wrote under the pseudonym 'Kareem Amer'.

Karim was sentenced to four years in prison for his audacity, and was due to be released on November 5th. But instead of being released, he was detained for an additional ten days, with no explanation provided by Egyptian authorities. He was eventually released on November 15th, although after reports that he was beaten by a junior officer.

Since then, Karim has not spoken about his ordeal in prison. Until now, that is. Al Jazeera reports on Suleiman's first public statements about his sentence since his release on the 25th:  

"On Wednesday, he told of how he spent his first 65 days in a cell by himself, allowed only two visits.

 

His guards gave him government newspapers to read and made sure the television was turned to state programmes.

On one occasion,

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