Al-Qarni Prefers Jail than Selling Rights
released, returned to jail for refusing to sign pledge refraining from political speech…
Sahwa Net – Popular comedian and artist Fahad al-Qarni was incarcerated again after he was released on Thursday in the wake of issuing an amnesty by the president.
“I decisively refused to abandon one of my political rights guaranteed by the state-constitution, and preferred to stay in jail” said al-Qarni.
Al-Qarni had been released and moved to the office of Taiz governor Hamould al-Sofi who asked him to commit in writing that he would not practice any political activities.
It is worth nothing that al-Qarni was arrested on April 5 by members of Taiz political security forces while he was on his way to a festival and was charged with inciting against Yemeni unity and insulting the Yemen president.
Meanwhile, many local and international human rights bodies had considered, in statements, that al-Qarni was arrested as a result of his work to promote democracy and campaign against corruption in Yemen.
