New York, February 9, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Yemeni authorities to end an ongoing siege at the offices of a daily newspaper and ensure the protection of journalists and their equipment. Armed men last week surrounded the offices of two Yemeni newspapers, one of which remains under attack, according to news reports.
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Yemen
Political unrest proves deadly for journalists
Journalists die in unusually high numbers covering political unrest, CPJ's year-end survey finds. Photojournalists and freelancers are especially vulnerable. Pakistan is the deadliest nation. Right, some who gave their lives in 2011.
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• Database of those killed
• Video: Fighting impunity
• CPJ Blog: Inside the numbers
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• Русский • العربية
New York, January 10, 2012--Two prosecution witnesses at a trial of banned Yemeni daily Al-Ayyam last month testified in favor of the defense, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today after reviewing court documents.
New York, December 28, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attacks on at least eight journalists on Saturday and Sunday by armed forces loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The clashes between pro-Saleh forces and protesters left nine people dead on Saturday, The Associated Press reported.
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Journalists die at high rates while
covering protests in the Arab world and elsewhere. Photographers and
freelancers appear vulnerable. Pakistan is again the deadliest nation. A CPJ special report
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Stark regional differences are seen as jailings grow significantly in the Middle East and North Africa. Dozens of journalists are held without charge, many in secret prisons. A CPJ special report
New York, October 7, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is delighted that
the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to renowned Yemeni press freedom
activist Tawakul
Karman, Chairwoman of Women Journalists Without Chains, along with two
other female leaders.
New York, September 26, 2011--A Yemeni cameraman died in a Sana'a hospital on Saturday, five days after being struck by sniper fire while covering an anti-government protest in the capital, according to local and international news reports. Hassan al-Wadhaf, who filmed his own shooting, is the second journalist to be killed in Yemen since demonstrations began in February.
New video from The Telegraph shows Yemeni journalist Hassan al-Wadhaf's footage of being hit in the face by sniper fire during protests in Sana'a. Al-Wadhaf, who is in critical condition, works for the Arabic Media Agency.
New York, September
19, 2011--Yemeni journalist Hassan al-Wadhaf, a cameraman for the Arabic Media
Agency, is in critical condition after being hit in the face by sniper fire
while covering protests today in Sana'a, a colleague told CPJ.
New York, September 7, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is disturbed by Monday's attack on two Yemeni journalists by a group of armed men. Reports of other attacks on journalists point to a worsening situation for press freedom in the country.
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