Sana’a 29 June 2012

Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development (FF) has condemned the attack on the bureau chief of Al-Arabeya TV in  Sana'a, Hamoud Munassar, who was attacked by a university professor at the campus of Sana'a University last Thursday while he was preparing a TV report.

It further expresses concerns about the investigation orders of the Attorney-General against Yemen Today Newspaper, Braqish Net and Marib Press on ground of publishing articles about the presidential mosque event occurred last year.

Freedom Foundation for media freedoms, rights and development (FF) has expressed its deep concern about one-year imprisonment sentence against a reporter of Al-Masdar Newspaper, Majed Karot in a hearing that he was not informed about.

Karot said he was astonished when he knew that a court was holding a hearing on him, pointing out that he went to the court and found out that the judge had issued an imprisonment sentence against him.

Freedom Foundation for media freedoms, rights and development (FF) has expressed its deep concern about one-year imprisonment sentence against a reporter of Al-Masdar Newspaper, Majed Karot in a hearing that he was not informed about.

Karot said he was astonished when he knew that a court was holding a hearing on him, pointing out that he went to the court and found out that the judge had issued an imprisonment sentence against him.

^{Dear President Hadi,}

^{Reporters Without Borders, an international organization that defends freedom of information, wishes to inform you of its concerns over the proposed law on private radio and television broadcasting and electronic media, which is due for debate in the near future.}

^{Indeed, several clauses in the bill are at odds with the Yemeni constitution as well as international undertakings signed and ratified by your country.}

Sana'a 20 May 2012

Freedom foundation for media freedom, rights and development in Yemen organizes a seminar to discuss the Audiovisual Bill of Yemen,participated by elite of lawyers and senior journalists and media men from broadcasting media, and former journalists' chairman.

Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development expresses its deep concern over the trial of AlJazeera TV correspondents in Yemen, Ahmed Al-Shalafi and Hamdi Al-Bokari, becauseof their professional working in media.

Sunday, May 13, 2012 :

Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development in Yemen launched yesterday a campaign to stop discussion of the TV, Radio and  Internet bill, which the 

 Freedom Foundation sent a message to the Prime Minister Mohamed Salem Basendwah and to the Minister of Information Ali Alamrani, call on them to postpone the discussion of the bill of broadcasting media, in order to review it and advance its articles to grantee more media freedoms, to accommodate political developments and commensurate with the requirements of the current situation, before it is referred for discussion in the cabinet and then in the House of Representatives.

Under the banner of  (Journalism: Right, Freedom and Responsibility), Freedom Foundation marked on Thursday the World Press Day, demanding the Yemeni authorities to end ban on Al-Ayyam Newspapers, release the journalist Abdul-Elah Haidar, give a higher ceiling of freedoms and end the state monopoly of radio and TV broadcasting.

Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development in Yemen has condemned incitement campaign against Al-Ahali and Akhbar Alyawm Newspapers by sources that they claimed they affiliate to the military institution.

The sources further accused journalists of cooperation with Al-Qaeda operatives.

Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development in Yemen has condemned the pursuit of the ournalist Mohmmad Al-Lawzi and the abduction of his son hours after armed men attacked another journalist, Khalid Raweh, director of Al-Jomhoria Newspaper branch in Hodeidah governorate on Thursday, April 26, 2012 .