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Adam Baron is a freelance journalist based in Sanaa, Yemen who reports regularly for McClatchy Newspapers.

Born and raised in Baltimore, he graduated from Williams College with a dual degree in Arab Studies and Religion. He has been based in Sanaa since January 2011.

His writing has also appeared in other outlets including the Christian Science Monitor, the Daily Telegraph, Foreign Policy, the Nation and Sports Illustrated.

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Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye blames Obama for his continued imprisonment

By Adam Baron | McClatchy Foreign Staff

From the moment Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye was sentenced to five years in prison in 2011 for allegedly supporting al Qaida’s Yemen-based affiliate, his punishment has been controversial – and not just because it represented the jailing of a respected writer and the trial was widely condemned as a sham by groups such as Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists. What irks many Yemenis, and free press advocates around the world, is that they believe Shaye remains in jail solely because of pressure from the administration of President Barack Obama. » read more

Posted on Fri, May 31, 2013

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