Rafael Marques de Morais is an internationally well respected journalist who dared write a book exposing human rights abuses and corruption in the diamond fields in Angola.

Hafnaoui Ghoul, a correspondent for the daily newspaper “El Youm” and a member of the Algerian Human Rights League. Hafnaoui Ghoul publicized concerns about human rights violations and alleged corruption and public mismanagement in the region of Djelf.

In 2002 the 35-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement with TUNeZINE, an independent website critical of the Tunisian government.

During a third trial before Egypt’s highest civil court in 2003, he was cleared of all charges and released, but not before a storm of international protest had put the Mubarak regime on the defensive.

Our groups letters of concern helped release Hassan Bility of Liberia Hassan Bility was a journalist with The Analyst newspaper, who was held incommunicado and without charge or trial following his arrest on June 24, 2002.

Karim Amer, 23-year-old writer, blogger and student sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for criticizing religious and government authorities.