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Yemeni paper banned for reporting protests
A Yemeni paper was barred from being published on Mondayday for reporting about the protests in the south of the country, the paper's editor said.
- By Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent
- Published: 00:41 March 11, 2008
Sana'a: A Yemeni paper was barred from being published on Mondayday for reporting about the protests in the south of the country, the paper's editor said.
"The printing press refused to print our paper according to instructions from the Ministry of Information," said Ahmad Al Haj, editor-in-chief of Al Sabah weekly.
"The reason is our coverage of the demonstrations and protests in the southern provinces," Al Hak told Gulf News.
Sources at the Ministry of Information accused the paper of encouraging voices against national unity between the south and north which was proclaimed in 1990.
"The paper feeds the secessionist tendency in the south," said an official preferring not to be named.
The paper said, however, it covers public issues objectively and professionally in the south and north.
"The paper has always been objective and professional in covering the issues of the people and their rights and liberties in both south and north," said editor of Al Sabah which was established only months ago. Being worried by the reportage about the protests in the south, the Yemeni government has been tougher with journalists over this issue in particular.
Southern military and retired soldiers, who complain of being ousted from their posts after the civil war of 1994, have been intermittently organising demonstrations demanding their rights since early last year.
The Arab Sisters Forum for Human Rights, the local NGO, condemned the ban against the paper and called for solidarity gathering on Wednesday.
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