Journalist and Al-Qaeda expert Abdul Elah Haidar, rejected the trial that he is given and said it was illegal. Haidar also told Judge Ridhwan Al-Namer that the National Security told him that "they will destroy his life".
Judge Namer considered Haidar's comments to be personal told Haidar to talk to the prosecution if he felt that the National Security treated him in a negative way.
The prosecution claims that journalist Abdul Elah Haidar over the last three years participated in an armed illegal gang and is working for Al-Qaeda.
The prosecutor also said that Haidar used to publish false statements through numerous media outlets in order to promote Al-Qaeda. They claim that he is damaging public interest and harming public peace.
Other accusations against Haidar were that commonly had worked as a media for the cleric of Anwar al-Awlaki was to meet with leaders of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and urged Al-Qaeda members and urge them to strike strategic objectives and interests, and foreign embassies in Yemen.