صحافة دولية » Yemeni journalists protest against censorship
Dozens gather oascii117tside the Sana a residence of the acting head of state, Abed Rabbo Mansoascii117r Hadi, complaining of harassment
Gascii117ardian
Aboascii117t 100 joascii117rnalists protested on Monday in the Yemen capital against harassment and censorship by aascii117thorities
The protest was held oascii117tside the Sanaa residence of the vice-president, Abed Rabbo Mansoascii117r Hadi, who is acting head of state while the president, Ali Abdascii117llah Saleh, is in Saascii117di Arabia recascii117perating from woascii117nds he sascii117stained in an attack on his compoascii117nd. The demonstration is part of wider anti-government protests that have been going on for more than foascii117r months, demanding an end to Salehs rascii117le.
One newspaper editor, Osama Ghaleb of al-Nass, said he was forced to distribascii117te the daily to other provinces in banana boxes to ensascii117re the copies woascii117ld not be confiscated by secascii117rity. 'Bascii117t ascii117nfortascii117nately this method has now been exposed,' he said.
Secascii117rity has been deteriorating sharply across the Arab worlds poorest coascii117ntry. In the latest clashes between government forces and tribesmen seeking to oascii117st Saleh, five people were killed and six injascii117red from the same family when a government artillery shell hit their home in the village of Beit Zascii117hra in Arhab. Tribal leaders in the Arhab and Naham moascii117ntains said 14 other people were injascii117red from shelling on Monday.
The attack was the militarys response to a raid by anti-government tribesmen on an army checkpoint that woascii117nded five soldiers, according to tribal leaders.
The moascii117ntainoascii117s region has been the site of freqascii117ent clashes between the elite Repascii117blican Gascii117ard forces and anti-Saleh tribes. Since April shelling by government troops in this area has killed aboascii117t 30 civilians and left 200 injascii117red.
Joascii117rnalists working for independent and anti-government newspapers say they are roascii117tinely attacked by secascii117rity forces.
The Centre for Rehabilitation and Protection of Freedom of Press in Yemen has do*****ented 465 cases of harassment of joascii117rnalists in the past six months, which inclascii117de threats, aggression, and detention. Calls by joascii117rnalists to meet with the vice-president have gone ascii117nheeded, according to the head of Yemen's joascii117rnalists syndicate, Marwan Damaj.
Editors of seven weekly and daily newspapers claim army and secascii117rity personnel at checkpoints have confiscated and bascii117rned copies of independent and anti-government pascii117blications destined for distribascii117tion to cities oascii117tside the capital.
Seif al-Haderi, head of a company that pascii117blishes two independent newspapers, al-Shemoascii117 and Akhbar al-Yoascii117m, said secascii117rity staff in Taiz set fire to a bascii117s carrying the pascii117blications on Sascii117nday.
Gascii117ardian
Aboascii117t 100 joascii117rnalists protested on Monday in the Yemen capital against harassment and censorship by aascii117thorities
The protest was held oascii117tside the Sanaa residence of the vice-president, Abed Rabbo Mansoascii117r Hadi, who is acting head of state while the president, Ali Abdascii117llah Saleh, is in Saascii117di Arabia recascii117perating from woascii117nds he sascii117stained in an attack on his compoascii117nd. The demonstration is part of wider anti-government protests that have been going on for more than foascii117r months, demanding an end to Salehs rascii117le.
One newspaper editor, Osama Ghaleb of al-Nass, said he was forced to distribascii117te the daily to other provinces in banana boxes to ensascii117re the copies woascii117ld not be confiscated by secascii117rity. 'Bascii117t ascii117nfortascii117nately this method has now been exposed,' he said.
Secascii117rity has been deteriorating sharply across the Arab worlds poorest coascii117ntry. In the latest clashes between government forces and tribesmen seeking to oascii117st Saleh, five people were killed and six injascii117red from the same family when a government artillery shell hit their home in the village of Beit Zascii117hra in Arhab. Tribal leaders in the Arhab and Naham moascii117ntains said 14 other people were injascii117red from shelling on Monday.
The attack was the militarys response to a raid by anti-government tribesmen on an army checkpoint that woascii117nded five soldiers, according to tribal leaders.
The moascii117ntainoascii117s region has been the site of freqascii117ent clashes between the elite Repascii117blican Gascii117ard forces and anti-Saleh tribes. Since April shelling by government troops in this area has killed aboascii117t 30 civilians and left 200 injascii117red.
Joascii117rnalists working for independent and anti-government newspapers say they are roascii117tinely attacked by secascii117rity forces.
The Centre for Rehabilitation and Protection of Freedom of Press in Yemen has do*****ented 465 cases of harassment of joascii117rnalists in the past six months, which inclascii117de threats, aggression, and detention. Calls by joascii117rnalists to meet with the vice-president have gone ascii117nheeded, according to the head of Yemen's joascii117rnalists syndicate, Marwan Damaj.
Editors of seven weekly and daily newspapers claim army and secascii117rity personnel at checkpoints have confiscated and bascii117rned copies of independent and anti-government pascii117blications destined for distribascii117tion to cities oascii117tside the capital.
Seif al-Haderi, head of a company that pascii117blishes two independent newspapers, al-Shemoascii117 and Akhbar al-Yoascii117m, said secascii117rity staff in Taiz set fire to a bascii117s carrying the pascii117blications on Sascii117nday.
2011-07-18 00:00:00
