Yeah, You Make A Difference [Vinnie, On Behalf of Jane Novak]

Hopefully, some of you morons will remember my earlier post on this subject.

Well, guess what. Jane, and Mr. Khaiwani have been profiled in, yes, that paper.

My apologies to Ace for linking the NYT.

For those of you who thought that signing that petition wouldn't have any effect, his sentencing has been postponed. And, word on the Yemeni street is that Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Islamofascistprick ruler of Yemen, is royally pissed.

Jane Novak would also like to relay this letter from Karim Al Khaiwani:

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.

Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani
05/10/08
Sana'a, Yemen

Pray for this brave man. He's one of the few bright spots in the dark dim of the current Middle East.

posted by xgenghisx at 01:46 AM

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