FF condemns violations committed against journalists
12/9/2012
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Alsahwah.net- Freedom
Foundation for media freedom, rights and development (FF) has condemned violations
committed against journalists and media practitioners in Yemen.
FF also
decried repressive polices adopted against media outlets, pointing out that
these policies will have dire consequences against journalists and media practitioners,
despite of political change witnessed in Yemen.
FF strongly condemned the arrest of two cameramen
of the Arab Agency (AAM) for Media, Ali Abdullah Khalid and Abdul-Rahman
al-Khalid.
"The two
cameramen were arrested by guards of Sana'a Radio during their coverage of the
blast that targeted the Defense Minister in front of the Cabinet and Sana'a
Radio, and their cameras and video cassettes were confiscated." it stated.
FF demanded
to put and end infringements, risks, threats practiced against media journalists and media pardoners
in Yemen.
It expressed
its solidarity with all workers of the Arab Agency for Media, pointing out that
one of its cameraman , Hassan Al-Wadhaf was killed last year while he was covering a
demonstrations in Sana'a.
