Kamal Sharaf Transferred To Second Yemeni Prison; May Be In Poor Health

Kamal Sharaf, the Yemeni cartoonist taken from his home on August 16 and held in prison without charges being filed since, has been transferred along with another journalist seized from a prison run by the National Security Bureau to a prison run by the Political Security Organization. The good news is that such a transfer may come before a prisoner is released. The bad news is that Sharaf is apparently in bad health, and material comforts offered to the prison from the family have been refused. Sharaf is described as an award-winning cartoonist that makes work at times critical of the government and its attending parties and agencies. He is also known for his comparatively progressive stands on certain issues such as women's rights. Sharaf works for the newspaper Aljomhooria and the news site Barakish.net. With no reason given for his seizure, family and activist groups have pounded the government in a call for an end to such abusive practices, to no response.
 
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