FF condemns attack on Munassar & express its concern about prosecutions

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.

FF denounces attack on journalist of Marib Press

Freedom Foundation for media freedoms, rights and development (FF) has condemned an attack on Marib Press's journalist, Mohammad al-Hodaifi, pointing out that he was threatened as he was covering a demonstration in Taiz on June 23. FF further voiced deep concerns about the Press and Publication Court's call to the editor-in-chief of Marib Press Mohammad Al-Salhi on charges of publication case that is considered one out of four cases filed against Marib Press, an online newspaper. FF expresses concerns, stressing that the case filed might be politically motivated and an attempt to pursue, abuse and crack down the journalists of Marib Press.

FF condemns 1-year imprisonment sentence on Journalist

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. Al-Baidha Court issued on June 4th one- year imprisonment sentence against Karot and he was fined YR 200,000 ($ 930) on charges of publishing criticisms and corruption accusations against an official of Al-Baidha local authorities on his Facebook account.

FF organizes Seminar on audiovisual bill

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. The participants of this seminar rejected the audiovisual bill entirely and demanded stopping discussing it, since it is very bad and made a lot of restrictions on media freedom and not responded to the demands of the recent situation. The panel confirmed that this draft written during the past repressive government to control media freedom and to stop any investment in the broadcasting media, and they called on changing the constitution before drawing new media law