Thursday, September 10, 2009

Karate Trainer in Saudi Jail

Judo karate? That's a new one.

Saudi Arabia -- Usman Shah, a 28-year-old martial arts and "judo karate trainer", left Pakistan for Saudi Arabia in 2002 - hoping for a better future for his family.

He began working as a labourer and then started as a martial arts instructor in a training center in Abha, according to dailytimes.com.pk.

Allegedly, he was then arrested by Saudi authorities in July 2007, under the pretext of being an Al-Qaeda activist.

According to his mother, her son has not been presented in any court. The family also said they have approached Pakistani authorities including (former president) Pervez Musharaf without any progress so far.

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