Protests in UK for al-Khaiwani’s Release
Protestors carrying placards highlighting the plight of jailed journalists will be out and about in King Street, Hammersmith.
They will be part of a protest by Hammersmith and Fulham Amnesty International which is setting up a booth on Saturday, August 30 from 10.30am to 4pm.
The campaigners will focus on cases in the Yemen, Iran and Uzbekistan where journalists have been imprisoned.
These include that of Yemeni Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani who was due to visit London on 17th June to receive an Amnesty award for human rights journalism from BBC correspondent Alan Johnston.
He could not attend, having just been sentenced to six years in prison for his articles criticising government policy.
