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armiesofliberation.com - 9/25/2008
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President Saleh pardons al-Khaiwani
[25 September 2008]
SANA'A, Sep. 25 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered to cancel the sentence issued against the journalist Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, the state-run 26 September reported on Thursday. ...
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Yemeni Imprisoned Journalist Abdul-Karim al-Khaiwani Freed From Jail!
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... year sentence in June, on purported “terror” charges. A global campaign eventually merged the efforts of 37 journalists organizations, Yemeni activists, American bloggers and civil rights groups. Al-Khaiwani was awarded Amnesty International’s Human Rights Media Award after his imprisonment in recognition of his work covering the humanitarian costs of a little known conflict in Yemen’s northern Sa’ada province.
And today, that order for release has been confirmed. Al-Khaiwani has been set free!
Congratulations to Jane Novak, and all the other bloggers ...
