Kappa Alpha Psi Brothers For

Tony Holden

Tony Holden needs our help. Tony is a University of Memphis alumnus, Kappa Alpha Psi brother, father, and grandfather. From 2016, Tony had been working for a US-based defense contractor, Vectrus, supporting Camp Arifjan U.S. Army Base in Kuwait. 


On November 9, 2022, Tony was set up and arrested by corrupt Kuwaiti police looking to earn bonuses. The officers reported such an obvious fabrication that a Kuwaiti judge immediately found it to be falsified. Incredibly, over two years later, Tony is still in prison.

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How We Free Tony

The Emir of Kuwait is considering a list of people to pardon in December. We need to make sure Tony is on that list.

Tony’s case is an embarrassment for the Kuwaiti Government. He was only one of dozens of African American defense contractors who were targeted by corrupt officers and lawyers looking to score arrest bonuses and exhort American families. This pattern didn’t go unnoticed by the US Military or the US Media, and after intense scrutiny, the cases stopped.

That’s well and good for the next generation of American defense contractors, but Tony needs to be released now.

America’s military friendship is essential to the Kuwaitis. We need to let them know that this scandal isn’t over until Tony is home safe in the United States.

What you can do to help

  1. Sign up for the Free Tony Email List at FreeTonyHolden.com/KAP for updates and coordinated activism events led by Tony’s family.

  2. Invite the KAP brothers in your network to sign up to support Tony at FreeTonyHolden.com/KAP.

  3. Call the Kuwaiti Embassy in Washington DC at (202) 966-0702 and tell them you haven’t forgotten Tony Holden and you demand that he be pardoned. 

  4. Share Tony’s story and FreeTonyHolden.com with your friends and family, and on your social media platforms. 

  5. Email The Kuwaiti Embassy to let them know you demand Tony’s freedom at https://washington.mofa.gov.kw/en/contact/. Feel free to use our sample letter below, or to demand Tony’s pardon in your own words:

I know the U.S. and Kuwait have long been allies. It is my understanding that an American citizen named Tony Holden has been held in prison in your country on dubious drug-related charges since 2022. Mr. Holden is an upstanding American with no criminal record. He is a Muslim whose family and friends report that he has never used illegal drugs or imbibed alcohol. He was arrested by police officers who a Kuwaiti judge later ruled had submitted false documentation to the court. And it appears that he was both beaten to coerce a confession and he, his wife, and young daughter were driven at night out into the Kuwait desert and threatened with their lives if he did not sign a confession that had been written in advance in Arabic, which he did not speak at the time. Kuwait officials conducted a drug test on Mr. Holden, and it came back negative. They also searched him, his vehicle, and two residences and found no drugs. Mr. Holden needs to be pardoned and sent back to his family. What can you tell me about your government's consideration of this urgent request for action?