Baraa Shiban is a Yemeni activist from Shiban. Shiban is a volunteer for the organisation Reprieve. He has looked into of the United States drones attacks in Yemen.[1][2]
Shiban was nominated to the Wikipedia Board of Directors in 2015. He was the first Yemeni to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.[citation needed]
Baraa studied business administration, and was involved with several organizations in Yemen from 2006 to 2011.[3]
In September 2013 Shiban was detained at Gatwick Airport under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, after his arrival in the United Kingdom to speak at an event at Chatham House. Shiban was questioned for an hour and a half about his political views and his work for Reprieve.[1] When Shiban objected to officials that his views had no relation to security concerns, the officials threatened to detain him for the maximum nine hours permitted under the act.[2]
Shiban had previously visited the UK without incident during 2013.[2]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Yemen drone campaigner detained at Gatwick". Channel 4. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
^ abc"UK detention of Reprieve activist consistent with NSA's view of drone opponents as 'threats' and 'adversaries'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
^. Baraa Shiban profile. Reprieve (organisation). Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
External linksedit
Shiban's Twitter profile
"Like David Miranda, I was interrogated at a British airport" - The Guardian article by Shiban on his detention
May 03, 2024
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