During his arrest in June of 2007, Al-Khaiwani was beaten and his six-year-old daughter slapped unconscious. While released on bail in August, Al-Khaiwani was kidnapped and tortured by thugs who threatened his life if he continued to write about Yemen's president.

As al-Khaiwani's sentencing approaches, there is growing fear a guilty verdict will open the door for a brutal crackdown on Yemen's already-endangered journalistic community. Join with al-Khawiani's supporters in Yemen and throughout the world as we urge the Yemeni government not to imprison journalists for their work.
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• Abdulwahab Abdulla Al-Hajjri, Yemen's Ambassador to the US
• Huda Ali Abdullatef Alban, Yemen's Minister of Human Rights
• Joseph Barghout, Human Rights Officer, US State Department
• Patricia Llombart-Cussac, EU Representative to Yemen
• Tim Torlot, British Ambassador to Yemen