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Statements | Yemen

Muhammad al-Maqaleh released in Yemen

We issued the following statement in response to local and international press reports that Muhammad al-Maqaleh, editor of the Yemeni Socialist Party news Web site Aleshteraki, has been released for what the reports described as “health and humanitarian reasons.” Al-Maqaleh was kidnapped in September 2009 but appeared in government custody in February and alleged that he had been tortured. The release comes one week after CPJ called on President Saleh of Yemen to release a number of journalists who are in custody. At least two other journalists remain in custody...

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March 25, 2010 4:31 PM ET |
Tags: Aleshteraki, Impact, Imprisoned, Muhammad al-Maqaleh
Letters | Yemen

CPJ urges President Saleh to free ailing editors

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March 17, 2010 11:18 AM ET |
Tags: Aleshteraki, Fuad Rashid, Hisham Bashraheel
Blog | Yemen

Foreign journalists have privileges locals don't in Yemen

By Oliver Holmes/Guest Blogger
Abdulmutallab studied at this Arabic-language school in Sana’a, Yemen, before he tried to blow up a plane in the U.S. (Reuters)It is possible that so-called “Christmas Day bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab came to Yemen for Al-Qaeda terrorist training because it was out of the limelight. Until now, international media has sent in journalists intermittently to cover stories on Somali refugees or the Houthi rebellion in the North, but few foreign journalists are based here and the majority of coverage had come from local stringers or freelancers.
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March 1, 2010 3:22 PM ET | | Comments (0)
Tags: Al-Ayyam, Aleshteraki, Muhammad al-Maqaleh, Yemen Observer, Yemen Times
Attacks on the Press | Yemen

Attacks on the Press 2009: Yemen

Top Developments
• Government censors newspapers, establishes new press court.
• Two journalists jailed without charge; one missing after being abducted.

Key Statistic
8: Newspapers banned for periods beginning in May due to their coverage of unrest in the south.

Continuing a steady years-long decline, Yemen became one of the most repressive countries in the region for the press. Journalists covering clashes in the country’s restive south faced severe restrictions. Government repression reached its peak in May, when at least eight newspapers that had covered violent protests were barred from distribution, several papers faced criminal charges, and one paper came under direct attack from state security agents. Government officials established a special court for perceived news media offenses.

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February 16, 2010 12:05 AM ET |
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Aleshteraki, Fuad Rashid, Hani Bashraheel, Hisham Bashraheel
Alerts | Yemen

In Yemen, disappeared journalist claims he was tortured

New York, February 5, 2010—Muhammad al-Maqaleh, editor of the opposition Yemeni Socialist Party’s news Web site Aleshteraki, who was detained in September has finally appeared in government custody. He is being held without charges, local news outlets reported, and alleges that he has been tortured.

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February 5, 2010 2:26 PM ET |
Tags: Abducted, Aleshteraki, Muhammad al-Maqaleh, Tortured
Imprisoned | Azerbaijan, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen

2009 prison census

136 journalists jailed worldwide

As of December 1, 2009    |   » Read the accompanying report: "FREELANCERS UNDER FIRE"

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December 8, 2009 12:00 PM ET |
Tags: Abdulghani Memetemin, Adnan Hajizade, Adnan Hassanpour, Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, Aleshteraki, Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, Alfredo Pulido López, Amanuel Asrat, Asrat Wedajo, Aung Kyaw San, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, Boris Stomakhin, Chen Daojun, Dawit Habtemichael, Dawit Isaac, Dhondup Wangchen, Dilmurod Saiid, Driss Chahtan, Du Daobin, Dzhamshid Karimov, Ebrima Manneh, Elmar Huseynov, Emin Milli, Evin Prison, Eynulla Fatullayev, Fabio Prieto Llorente, Fariba Pajooh, Fuad Rashid, Gayrat Mehliboyev, Genimet Zakhidov, Ghebrehiwet Keleta, Guo Qizhen, Gustavo Azócar, Hamid Mohammed Said, Hanevy Ould Dehah, Hang Chakra, Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, Hossein Derakhshan, Hu Jia, Huang Qi, Ibrahim Jassam, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, Islam Karimov, Issa Sahar-Khiz, Iván Hernández Carrillo, J.S. Tissainayagam, Javad Mahzadeh, Jin Haike, José Luis García Paneque, José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, JS Tissainayagam, Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz, Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, Kayvan Samimi, Kong Youping, Kunchok Tsephel Gopey Tsang, Léster Luis González Pentón, Lü Gengsong, Lewis Medjo, Mahdi Hossein-Zadeh, Marjan Abdollahian, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Miguel Galván Gutiérrez, Mijaíl Barzaga Lugo, Mohammad Davari, Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Mojtaba Lotfi, Muhammad Bekjanov, Nguyen Van Hai, Normando Hernández González, Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Omar Ruiz Hernández, Omid Salimi, Ortikali Namazov, Oscar Sánchez Madan, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, Pedro Argüelles Morán, Qi Chonghuai, Ramazan Yesergepov, Reza Nourbakhsh, Ricardo González Alfonso, Richard Durbin, Rory Peck, Saeed Laylaz, Said Abdelkader, Saleh Aljezeeri, Saleh Idris Gama, Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov, Sardar Alibeili, Sein Win Maung, Seyoum Tsehaye, Shi Tao, Sun Lin, Taoufik Ben Brik, Taqadoumy, Temesken Ghebreyesus, Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi, Victor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, Xu Wei, Yang Zili, Yusuf Mohamed Ali, Yusuf Ruzimuradov, Zaw Thet Htwe, Zemenfes Haile, Zhang Jianhong, Zheng Yichun, Zuhair Makhlouf
Blog | Yemen

Just off Freedom Square in Yemen

By Oliver Holmes
Tawakul Karman, chairwoman of Women Journalists Without Chains. (Oliver Holmes)

Swathed in the traditional black face veil, or niqab, Yemeni women brandish banners with images of disappeared and imprisoned journalists. Every Tuesday, in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a, Tawakul Karman, chairwoman of Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), leads these women into Freedom Square to demonstrate.

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October 27, 2009 4:10 PM ET | | Comments (0)
Tags: Aleshteraki, Censored, Freelancer, Harassed, Imprisoned
Alerts | Yemen

In Yemen, critical journalist disappears

New York, September 25, 2009—The Committee to Protect journalists calls on Yemeni authorities to clarify the circumstances of the disappearance and current whereabouts of Muhammad al-Maqaleh, editor of Aleshteraki, a Web site affiliated with the opposition Socialist Party. Al-Maqaleh was detained by unidentified men on September 18 in Sana’a, according to local news reports. 

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September 25, 2009 6:06 PM ET |
Tags: Abducted, Aleshteraki
Attacks on the Press | Yemen

Attacks on the Press 2007: Yemen

YEMEN

Journalists covering a rebel insurgency and government corruption were subjected to a frightening array of violent attacks and politically motivated court cases. Threats against independent journalists continued at an alarming rate, taking on an almost routine air. Perpetrators, for the most part, went unpunished.

Since 2004, the government has been combating a regional insurgency led by tribal and religious figures in the northwestern Saada region. Until a tenuous cease-fire was reached in June, hundreds of civilians had been killed and thousands displaced during the three-year conflict. Yemeni authorities continued to respond aggressively toward journalists who tried to report independently on the fighting. Government forces prevented journalists from entering the region to cover the conflict, effectively imposing a media blackout.
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February 5, 2008 10:11 AM ET |
Tags: Aleshteraki

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