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IFJ Condemns Outrageous Attacks on Media in Yemen
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Date Written:  07/05/09
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned attacks by Yemeni authorities on independent media which have been seized after the government accused them of publishing material allegedly "harmful to the national unity".


Abstract:  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned attacks by Yemeni authorities on independent media which have been seized after the government accused them of publishing material allegedly "harmful to the national unity".

"This full assault on media is unprecedented in decades, even by Yemeni standards of press freedom," said Jim Boumelha, IFJ President. "It is intolerable that the government behaves in such a heavy handed way after recent pledges by President Saleh to suppo...
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