SALAM! I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE OF OUR BROTHER, ASSAM OF YEMEN WHO WAS ILLEGALLY DETAINED BY THE YEMENIS AUTHORITY UPON ARRIVAL LAST JULY 9, 2004. SOAD IS ASKING HELP TO PRESSURE THE YEMENI AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE MR ASSAM ASAP. THEY DO NOT KNOW THE LOCATION OF MR ASSAM. HE HAS NO LAWYER AND HIS FAMILY IS VERY DESPARATE TO KNOW OF HIS WHEREABOUTS. I TOLD SOAD TO WRITE AN ACTION ALERT AND SUGGESTED THAT IF SISTERSINISLAM WEBSITE CAN HELP IN DESSIMINATING THE INFO AND GATHERING AS MANY SIGNATORIES TO SERVE AS PRESSURE GROUPS. WHAT I AM DOING AT THE MOMENT IS TELLING ALL MY FRIENDS OF THIS SITUATION AND WILL FORWARD TO THEM THE ACTION ALERT FROM SOAD LATER. ADIB, CAN YOU HELP US ON THIS ONE? FARINIA, CAN THIS ACTION ALERT BE DESSIMINATED IN YOUR COUNTRY? DEDDAH, AND THE REST PLEASE HELP IN DOING THE SAME? I THINK IT WILL BE BEST TO COORDINATE WITH SOAD AND JUST LET THE YEMENI GROUP KNOW OF OUR DEEP CONCERN BY EMAILING SOAD. HER EMAIL ADD IS : suadwf@xxxxxxxx THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF. PLEASE EMAIL ME AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS INFO THANKS FATIMA PIR T. ALLIAN Western Mindanao State University Women's Research & Resource Center 3rd floor CPADS Building Normal Road, Baliwasan Street, 7000 Zambonga City, Philippines Telfax: 0063-62-9922837 Mobile No: 0917 710 4866 Email Add: fatimallian@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!