Editor abducted, severely beaten
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 27 August 2007 CPJ press release: Yemeni Editor abducted, severely beaten New York, August 27, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the abduction and brutal beating of a Yemeni editor by gunmen in Sana’a today. The local journalists CPJ spoke with suspected the gunmen are part of […]
Armed men raid newspaper office, threaten to kill editor; ministry files charges against journalists for “harming national security”
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 31 July 2007 CPJ press release: Yemeni newspaper attacked, journalists accused of harming national security New York, July 31, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack by a group of armed men on a fledgling independent Yemeni newspaper in the capital, Sana’a, on Monday. In a […]
Critical online editor severely beaten by security agents, faces vague terrorism charges and possible death penalty
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 5 July 2007 CPJ press release: CPJ troubled by terror charges against outspoken Yemeni editor New York, July 5, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by vague terrorism charges brought on Wednesday against the editor of an opposition news Web site. A state security court […]
Security court decides to hold opposition journalist for another month
(RSF/IFEX) – A state security court in Sanaa decided on 25 June 2007 to keep Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani of the online newspaper “Al-Shoura” in pre-trial detention for another month. Al-Khaiwani has not appeared in court since being arrested at home on 20 June for supposed links with Shiite rebels operating in the north of the country. […]
Outspoken editor of Al-Shoura online newspaper detained on terrorism allegations
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 June 2007 CPJ press release: Yemen: Editor detained on terrorism allegations New York, June 20, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Yemeni authorities to detail terrorism accusations it has leveled against an opposition newspaper editor detained today by government forces at his home in the […]
Government bans news sent to mobile phones by text message; another website closed for a week
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned new media censorship in Yemen, where access to at least two websites has been blocked since the start of 2007, in one case for three months, and the information ministry is now censoring the distribution of news to mobile phones by SMS message. “It is disturbing that the […]
Media law working group identifies priority areas for urgent action
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: Yemen: Media Law Working Group agrees on plan of work SANA’A, YEMEN: The Media Law Working Group convened by ARTICLE 19 and the Yemen Female Media Forum held its first meeting from 21-22 March 2007 and adopted the following final statement: Media Law Working […]
Renewed concern about online censorship after authorities block access to opposition site
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about growing political censorship of the Internet in Yemen after the authorities blocked access to the opposition website http://www.al-shora.net on 24 February 2007. The site regularly carries articles about corruption, human rights and the need for political and cultural reforms. Several websites and chat forums were temporarily […]
Editors face criminal prosecution over critical reporting
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 March 2007 CPJ press release: Yemeni editors face criminal prosecution over critical reporting New York, March 2, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by criminal defamation prosecutions of three Yemeni editors. Independent weekly Al-Deyar Editor-in-Chief Abed al-Mahthari was charged with defaming Watani Bank for […]
CPJ urges government to honour pledge to probe attacks against journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 30 January 2007 CPJ press release: YEMEN: CPJ urges government to honor pledge to probe attacks New York, January 30, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today in a letter to Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh that one year after a government pledge to investigate a […]
State-run newspaper accuses award-winning journalist of being US agent over critical coverage of Saudi Arabia
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 November 2006 CPJ press release: YEMEN: Official daily smears award-winning editor New York, November 28, 2006 – Yemen’s leading state-run newspaper Al-Thawra attacked independent editor Jamal Amer upon his return from the United States where he received the Committee to Protect Journalists 2006 International Press Freedom Award. The […]
Editor may face one-year prison sentence in Mohammed cartoons case; newspaper given six-month suspension
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned a one-year prison sentence against the editor-in-chief of the weekly “al Rai al-Aam”, and a six-month suspension of the paper for publishing the controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. The paper’s editor, Kamal Alufi, was found guilty by a Sanaa court of “damaging the Islamic faith” and […]
CAPSULE REPORT: Despite progress, media performance flawed during presidential elections, says EOHR
(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is an abridged 6 November 2006 EOHR statement: Media Freedom Hampered During Yemeni Presidential Elections, But Democratic Progress Recorded Media freedom observers recorded a number of restrictions placed on the media in Yemen during the presidential elections on 20 September 2006, despite general progress towards making the election process more democratic. […]
Human rights defender scheduled to participate in conference arrested and detained
(CIHRS/IFEX) – The following is a 15 October 2006 joint statement by 30 human rights organisations, including CIHRS and EOHR: Cairo, 15 October 2006 Yemeni Authorities: Stop Arbitrary Practices Against Human Rights Defendants and Immediately Release Ali Al-Demely Statement from 30 NGOs in 11 Arab Countries The undersigned organizations expressed their great discontent about the […]
French TV journalist held after arriving on refugee boat
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced surprise that the Yemeni authorities have been holding French freelance TV producer and filmmaker Daniel Grandclément-Chaffy since 12 October 2006, on a charge of entering the country illegally, although he has a visa. Grandclément-Chaffy, who was preparing a report on Somali refugees, was arrested in the southeastern province […]
CAPSULE REPORT: Press freedom and freedom of expression “the victims” of the elections, says HRinfo
SOURCE: Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo), Cairo (HRinfo/IFEX) – HRinfo closely observed the recent Yemeni elections, particularly in relation to the deterioration of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. HRinfo regrets to conclude that the Yemeni government has spared no effort to hinder the nascent democratic experiment in Yemen. Some human […]