
Front Line is concerned following reports that human rights defender, Mr Ali al-Zwaidi, has been fined 200 Omani Rial and sentenced to 10 days in prison on 21 April 2009. Ali al-Zwaidi is a supervisor of an on-line discussion forum called “Sablat Oman”. He is a co-founder and a board member of the Oman Writers' Society and has been a writer in the Oman press since 1986. 