A Living-Room Crusade via Blogging - New York Times

"The worst of her many "offenses" (in the eyes of the criminal Yemeni regime) is her dogged campaign on behalf of a Yemeni journalist, Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, who incurred his government's wrath by writing about a bloody rebellion in the far north of the country. He is on... more

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Rated by bamapachyderm on May 20 2008, 6:46am

"The worst of her many "offenses" (in the eyes of the criminal Yemeni regime) is her dogged campaign on behalf of a Yemeni journalist, Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, who incurred his government's wrath by writing about a bloody rebellion in the far north of the country. He is on trial on sedition charges that could bring the death penalty, with a verdict expected Wednesday. Ms. Novak, working from a laptop in her Monmouth County living room "while the kids are at school," has started an Internet petition to free Mr. Khaiwani. She has enlisted Yemeni politicians, journalists, human rights activists and others around the globe. Her blog goes well beyond the Khaiwani case and has become a crucial outlet for opposition journalists and political figures, who feed her tips on Yemeni political intrigue by e-mail or text message. She says her campaign is a matter of basic principle. "This is a country that lets Al Qaeda people go free, and they're putting a journalist on trial for doing his job?" she said. "It's just completely crazy." "

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