(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 27 August 1998, on 23 August, Ali Dahmess, correspondent in Jaar (southern Yemen) for the weekly “Athaouri”, was arrested by security forces and transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department. The authorities gave no explanation for the arrest. Ali Dahmess had written an article a few […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 27 August
1998, on 23 August, Ali Dahmess, correspondent in Jaar (southern Yemen) for
the weekly “Athaouri”, was arrested by security forces and transferred to
the Criminal Investigation Department. The authorities gave no explanation
for the arrest. Ali Dahmess had written an article a few days earlier about
the conflict between two tribes – El Alban and El Alfadhl – over property.
The director of the department which arrested the journalist is known to be
close to one of the tribes.
On 8 August, Awadh Kashmeem, correspondent in Dawaan (eastern Yemen) for the
Aden-based daily “Attariq”, was arrested without a warrant and taken to jail
by security forces in Dawaan. The journalist was accused by the region’s
prefect of “incitement to violence”. Awadh Kashmeem was investigating
allegations of embezzlement in the telecommunications sector. He was
released after 30 hours in illegal detention.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
unconditionally
release Ali Dahmess
by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by
Yemen
can exist and that journalists can work freely
Appeals To
His Excellency General Ali Abdullah Saleh
President of the Republic
Sana’a
Republic of Yemen
Fax: +967 1 246 201
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
