- Category:
- Common Interest - Beliefs & Causes
- Description:
- Group is currently advocating for the release of Editor Mohammed al Maqaleh, kidnapped Sept 17, 2009 after exposing Yemeni military's bombing of civilians in Sa'ada.
- Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
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Campaign For a Free Media in Yemen
Join- Name:
- Campaign For a Free Media in Yemen
- Category:
- Common Interest - Beliefs & Causes
- Description:
- Group is currently advocating for the release of Editor Mohammed al Maqaleh, kidnapped Sept 17, 2009 after exposing Yemeni military's bombing of civilians in Sa'ada.
- Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
- News:
- Sept 19, 2009: IFJ and Amnesty Call for Release of Editor al Maqaleh
http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-calls-for-release-and-safekeeping-of-editor-abducted-in-yemen
IFJ Calls for Release and Safekeeping of Editor Abducted in Yemen
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May 7, 2009: Yemen's Media Crisis
Please consider joining the al Ayaam group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78355329550
in support of the Aden based Al Ayyam newspaper that was closed by the Yemen regime for reporting news on unrest in South Yemen.
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Yemen is suffering its worst crisis of media freedom in recent years (and that's saying a lot) as the the Yemeni government has closed eight newspapers in total. More details here:
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090507/FOREIGN/705069863/1011/ART
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June 17 Al-Khaiwani wins the Amnesty International Special Media Award while he is imprisoned in Sana'a Yemen.
June 9 Al-Khaiwani sentenced to six years in prison for an article "liable to demoralize the military". Immediately HR groups and the US State department denounce the sentence.
September 25, al-Khaiwani freed from jail after international pressure.
