Al-Jazeera bureau chief threatened
CPJ is concerned about the safety of Al-Jazeera staff in Yemen after an unknown caller threatened to kill the satellite broadcaster’s bureau chief.
Journalist sentenced to 14 months in jail
CPJ calls on the Yemeni court of appeals to overturn a jail sentence against journalist Anis Mansour.
Authorities threaten to close Al Jazeera office
ANHRI condemns the escalation of the Yemeni government’s crackdown on independent media which has now extended to the targeting of satellite television stations.
IFJ calls for end to repression of independent media
IFJ has called on the authorities to stop the escalating harassment of media.
Months-long assault on media continues
CPJ calls on the government of Yemen to end censorship of independent newspapers.
Dark days for Yemeni media
ARTICLE 19 is deeply concerned about the deteriorating climate for free expression in Yemen and urges the authorities to investigate the kidnapping of journalist Salah Jalal, and lift the suspensions imposed on several independent publications and websites since early May.
Human rights organisations urge president to lift blockade on newspapers, websites
On the occasion of the 19th anniversary of Yemen’s Unity Day, Egyptian human rights organizations urged Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to order the Ministry of Information to stop the siege imposed on Yemeni newspapers and remove the ban on blocked Yemeni websites.
ARTICLE 19 calls on government to improve draft information law
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – 20 May 2009 – Today, ARTICLE 19 released a Memorandum analysing the Yemeni government’s draft Information Law. Whilst welcoming the draft Law as a positive step towards protecting the right of access to information, the Memorandum highlights a number of significant shortfalls of the draft Law. In particular, the Memorandum emphasises that […]
Critical journalist shot by security forces
ANHRI is deeply disturbed by ongoing practices hostile to press freedom in Yemen, including the arrest of a journalist and internet activist in Mukalla and the gun attack on another journalist by security forces in the same city.
Editors detained, special press court established in Yemen
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an ongoing campaign to suppress independent journalism in Yemen and urges President Ali Abdullah Saleh to immediately bring it to a halt and order the release of two detained bloggers
Three injured as newspaper offices attacked
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – 13 May, 2009 – This morning police surrounded and opened fire on the offices of independent daily Yemeni newspaper Al Ayyam, resulting in injuries to three staff. The shooting follows sustained police harassment since 4 May and the chief editor’s refusal to be arrested by police forces. Authorities have grown uneasy about […]
Editor held incommunicado, critical newspaper sued
(CPJ/IFEX) – New York, May 8, 2009 – Amid an increasing crackdown on the media in Yemen, the Committee to Protect Journalists called today for the Yemeni authorities to disclose the whereabouts of a journalist who has been held incommunicado since May 4 after he was arrested in southern Yemen. CPJ also called on the […]
Journalist arrested; authorities seize copies of seven independent newspapers
(ANHRI/IFEX) – The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) strongly condemns the action taken by Yemeni authorities against several independent newspapers and journalists. The latest action was the confiscation of seven newspapers in two days and the arrest of journalist Fuad Rashid, the owner and publisher of http://www.mukallapress.com. The confiscation orders follow the papers’ […]
Government seizes newspaper offices
(CPJ/IFEX) – New York, May 4, 2009 – After confiscating thousands of copies of a critical independent newspaper, authorities laid siege today to the paper’s offices in Aden, Yemen. The daily, Al-Ayyam, has been covering the ongoing conflict in the country’s southern region. Bashraheel Bashraheel, general manager of Al-Ayyam, told CPJ that after three consecutive […]
Al Jazeera journalists warned about covering southern Yemen
Murad Hashem, Al Jazeera bureau chief in Sana’a, and reporter Ahmad al Shalafi, both received threats on their mobile phones on 11 April 2009
ARTICLE 19 concerned over recent attacks and threats against journalists and editors
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: Yemen: Pattern of Threats and Attacks on Journalists ARTICLE 19 is monitoring with great concern the most recent pattern of threats and attacks on journalists in Yemen. “No journalist should be arrested or attacked because of his/her work and opinion,” says Dr. Agnès Callamard, […]