Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani
If you are not familiar with al-Khaiwani, he is an advocate of freedom and Democracy in Yemen. He has been beaten, thrown in jail, had his newspaper shut down (glad these guys are our “allies”). He needs your support. He now faces being executed because of his writings against the corruption of the Yemen government and military. Please join me and other bloggers by at least looking at this petition and see what is happening to him. God bless him and other like-minded people.
Worldpress also has a good story about him here called Leading Yemeni Journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani Arrested.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Thanks much Bryan.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Glad to help Jane, I came across this on Ace’s site and wanted to help the cause.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
You did good Bry, he’s a great guy who needs all the back-up he can get. I know him for years and he loves democracy as much as I do. Except we have rights and he doesn’t.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Thanks for stooping by Jane - if you have any additional info that we could post - let us know!
May 12th, 2008 at 5:59 am
(Letter to you from Karim al-Khaiwani, Jane)
Thank you very much for this campaign, which comes in the context of the overall values that we believe, and they punish us when we believe those values and adopt them. I do not want to talk about myself, but rather the environment that we live in and suffering we endure from the inconsistency between what the authorities announce about democracy and freedoms, and what happens when we believe in those same things, democracy and freedoms.
They want us to practice our rights as they understand them, but we do it ideally. The regime said that democracy is the way of ruling, but when we try to practice our rights within this concept, criticizing the way that the regime governs and how they act, then they deal with us in a way that has no relation to democracy. They deal with us as outlaws. They use all of the state’s resources to attack anyone who has any opinions not corresponding with their opinions, and to attack those who even discuss their way of ruling.
What I am suffering and facing is part of the price I and many others pay for the democracy and freedom we hope to achieve in the future. At least we are preparing for a healthy environment that we want the next generation to live in. We believe that democracy and freedom have an expensive price, and this is a part of that price.
However that doesn’t mean we will keep silent and bend, as it is the price. We will refuse injustice peacefully. Solidarity is a way to enhance new civil values which support the democracy we will make with our sacrifice and with the support of others. We pay the price of the freedom for ourselves and for the generations after us. Again, thank you very much for your help and support.
Abdelkarim al-Khaiwani
10/5/08
Sana’a, Yemen
May 21st, 2008 at 10:55 am
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June 12th, 2008 at 2:47 am
Thank you Jane very much for your support for the freedom right of all yemenis and I like to inform you that all the people in Yemen love you and your pure writings, God bless you.
June 12th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Mr. Aliryani - we at RightPundits hope that we can help in our small, but powerful way - the power of the pen (or the internet). I might also remind all Americans how fortunate we are to live in a free society where none of us have to worry about suffering the same fate as Mr. al-Khaiwari.
Our prayers are with you and the people of Yemen as you fight for the freedoms that you deserve. Please keep us posted. We can always update the story to keep the readers informed.
June 12th, 2008 at 3:58 am
[...] Imprisoned in Yemen for Pro-Democracy Newspaper By MBT Our sister blog site, Right Pundits has a post about Mr. al-Khaiwani. He faces the death penalty in Yemen for writing about corruption [...]
June 12th, 2008 at 4:01 am
Jane, Abdulkareem and others. I have posted Mr. al-Khaiwari’s letter in our sister legal blog, RightJuris http://law.rightpundits.com/?p=14. His case is of interest to all of us in the blogging world, as well as to those in the legal profession. Again, our prayers are for a just resolution to his case and that he be reunited once again with his family and friends.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
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