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Freedom Foundation Demands Parliament to Quickly Discuss Media Audiovisual Bill & Condemns Attacks on 8 Journalists & Media
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Sana'a (Monday, March 17th 2014):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development demanded the Yemeni Parliament to quickly discuss the media audiovisual bill and also condemned attacks on 6 journalists, in addition to two attacks on media headquarters, where these violation cases occurred in the capital Sana’a and in the provinces of Hodeidah, Hajjah, Al-Ghaydah city in Al-Mahrah.
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Freedom Foundation and SANAD Network Strongly Condemn attack On Al-Arabiya’s Crew and confiscating their Camera
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Sana'a (March 2nd, 2014) :
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development and SANAD network
(Network of defenders of media freedom in the Arab World) have strongly condemned the physical attack, defamation, inciting, media coverage prevention of Al-Arabiya TV crew and confiscating the channel’s camera, today morning by the officers and soldiers of the National Security while covering the arrival of vehicles carrying the accused before the Special Criminal Court in Sana’a.
In his report to Freedom Foundation, the director of Al-Arabiya office in Sana’a, Hamoud Monassar said, “The channel’s crew who are the correspondent Ehab Al-Showafi, the producer Jamal Noman, the cameraman Fouad Al-Khader and the assistant cameraman Fathi Al-Jaberi, were subjected to the media coverage prevention, physical attack, defamation, inciting and confiscating the TV camera to the National Security Agency ."
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Freedom Foundation and SANAD Condemned banning printing (Aden Al-Ghad), Attacking Al-Qu’aiti, Al-Dhale’i, Al-Jahlani and Al-Qadasi And Kidnapping attempt of Al-Mu’allimi’s Son.
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Sana'a (Tuesday, February 25th 2014):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development in Yemen and Defenders of media freedom in the Arab world Network (SANAD) in
Jordan condemned what happened to (Aden Al-Ghad) newspaper ,where the state-owned 14 October Corporation for Press in Aden stopped the printing of the issue of Sunday, February 23rd , 2014 ,as well as condemned the attack on the journalist Nabil Al-Qu'aiti as well as condemned the attack, detention and verbal insulting of the journalist Saleh Al-Dhale’i ,the envoy of Al-Saeedah TV to Lahj and chasing his colleague the cameraman Sami Al-Qadasi by gunmen .
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Violations On 9 Journalists In a Week
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Sana'a (Thursday, February 13th 2014):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development condemned violations against 9 journalists in the
Yemeni capital Sana’a, Taiz and Aden provinces, and one of them was arrested in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
These incidents occurred during the past week and were beating, threat, attempted kidnapping, verbal insulting, defamation and arrest by unidentified gunmen and security agencies.
The broadcaster of (YMC) TV, Fahmi Al-Buraihi and his colleague, the cameraman Khaled Farhan, were beaten and prevented from the media coverage of a march near the Kentucky round, Zubairy Street in the capital Sana’a , by unknown perpetrators , on Monday morning, February 10th2014.
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Suspending of radio announcer Jamilah Obaid, Threat of (Azaal TV) Deputy Editor & Looting Car of (Akhbar Al-Youm) Paper
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Sana'a (Thursday, February 6, 2014) :
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development condemned the looting of the distribution
car of (Akhbar Al-Youm) newspaper in Mansoura district, Aden province, as well as condemned the arbitrary work suspending of the female announcer, Jamilah Obaid and stopping her financial dues in Sana’a state-owned Radio, as well as condemned the murder threat of the news deputy editor of) Azaal) private TV, Jameel Al-Qeshm, via a phone call by an unidentified woman .
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Kidnapping of Al-Masirah TV Female Reporter, Threat of Murder to Reuter’s Correspondent and News Director of Al- Mukalla Radio and Assassination Attempt of (al-Masa Press) Editor-in-chief
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Sana'a (Thursday, December 5th 2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development condemned the kidnapping
of Al-Masirah TV female reporter in the capital Sana’a, Sera’a al-Shehari, the threat of murder to the correspondent of Reuters and UAE al-Bayan newspaper in Yemen, Mohammed al-Ghubari as well as the news director of Mukalla radio AbdulHafeed Saeed Ibrahim, and the attempted assassination of the editor-in-chief of al-Masa Press (Evening Press) news website, Abdullah bin Amer in Sana’a,In his report, Saeed Jamal al-Shehari, father of the female journalist Sera’a al-Shehari said that the kidnappers threw his daughter near Sana’a airport on Wednesday dawn, December 4th 2013, after nearly 18 hours of her kidnapping and she is now in a poor health and barely can speaks.
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Freedom Foundation condemns attack on EPA photojournalist and confiscating his cameras by riot police in Sana’a
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Sana'a (Saturday 11/30/2013):
Freedom Foundation (FF) for media freedom, rights and development strongly condemned the
assaulting and beating the photojournalist of European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) in Yemen Yahya Arhab by riot-police of Special Security Forces at Asser area in capital Sana’a, Yemen, as well as confiscating 2 of his professional cameras while he was covering a protest of motorcyclists who prevented from driving in Sana’a for security reasons.
In his report to FF Yahya Arhab explained that he had been banned from coverage the motorcyclists protest and severely beaten with sticks and batons on the head and different parts of his body, then police confiscated 2 of his cameras in which they took them by force and throw one of them to the ground, broke it and its zoom lens, while he was trying to take pictures for the protest, at Asser area in Sana’a, Yemen, on Saturday 30th. November 2013.
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Assassination Attempt of al-Haweyyah’s Editor-In-Chief, attacks on 6 journalists and burning Store of al-Share’ and al-Ola’a
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Sana’a (Thursday, November 21, 2013) :
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development strongly condemned assassination attempt of editor-In-chief of
Al-Haweyyah newspaper, Muhammad Ali al-Emad on Wednesday evening (20/11/2013) in the center of the capital Sana’a, as well as condemned attacks on 5 journalists and cameramen and looting the home of journalist Mahmoud Ali al-Hajj, as well as condemned the burning of the store of both newspapers, Al-Share’ and Al-Ola newspapers in Aden and Ibb cities and the capital Sana’a.
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Detention of Abdul-Mughni, Attack on Al-Saeedah’s TV Crew and Hacking of (Dammaj Press)
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Sana’a ( Monday, 11 November 2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development strongly condemned the detention of managing editor of
(al-Wahdawi Net) news website, the journalist Adel Abdul-Mughni in Sana'a airport on Sunday (10 Nov.) for the second time in less than two months.
Freedom Foundation also condemned the attack on the crew of al-Saeedah TV in the area of Bani al-Harith, near to Sana’a International Airport, as well it condemned the blocking and hacking of (Dammaj Press) news website inside and outside Yemen, since last Thursday .
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Attack on Distributor of Akbar Al-Youm Newspaper and Demands to Secure Media Access to Dammaj
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Sana’a (Wednesday, November 6, 2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development condemned the attack on the distributor
of (Akbar al-Youm) in Aden, Tareq Mohammed Awad by beating him with fists and Ak47 butts,and pointing the gun at his face and threatening to murder him, and looting the distribution car of the newspaper by unidentified gunmen in Aden City.
In a report to Freedom Foundation, the distributor of (Akbar al-Youm) , Tareq Awad clarified that gunmen attacked him and his companion yesterday at 5 o'clock in the morning, by beating them with fists and Ak47 butts ,and pointing the gun at their face and threatening to murder them.
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Attempted Kidnapping of al-Nnowab and Threat to Al-Sabri
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Sana’a ( Sunday, November 3, 2013 ):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom ,rights and development condemned the attempted kidnapping of the  cameraman and editor in the website of ( al-Islah Online) Solaiman al-Nnowab by unidentified gunmen on Friday evening, November 1 , 2013, they were riding a motorcycle in the sixty street in Sana’a .
Freedom Foundation also condemned the threat to the site editor ( Sahwa Net ) Mustafa Abdul Rahim al-Sabri at 10 o'clock on Thursday Morning ( 10/31/2013 ) by the executive director of Textbook Printing Press Corporation , Dr. Abdullah Abu Hurriah because of the publishing issue.
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Detention of Al-Qadiri, Arbitrary Dismissal of Al-Hushaishi and blocking of (Al-Ahali Net) in Saudi Arabia
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Sana’a ( Thursday, October 10, 2013 ):
Freedom Foundation (FF) for media freedom, rights and development condemned the attack on the cameraman
of (Yemen Today) TV, Ramzi al-Qadiri, forcibly confiscating his TV camera and arresting him until today, as well as condemned the arbitrary dismissal of Abdo Rabbo al-Hushaishi from his work with the Chinese TV CCTV bureau in Yemen, as well as condemned blocking the Yemeni (al-Ahali Net) news website in Saudi Arabia.
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Attacks on 8 Journalists and Burning a Distribution Car of Two Newspapers.
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Sana’a (Saturday, October 5, 2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development condemned attacks on
eight journalists and cameramen, as well as shooting on the distributor and distribution vehicle and burning it in the provinces of Aden , Hajjah, Hodeidah , Mareb and the capital Sana’a.
Freedom Foundation strongly condemned violations by confiscating and burning copies of Arabic (Akhbar Alyawm) and English (Yemen Fox) newspapers on early Saturday, and distributor and driver of distribution car were attacked by shooting at them and wounding the distributor, and then burning the distribution car according to a report sent to Freedom Foundation by al-Shomo’ Journalism Establishment, which is issuing these two newspapers.
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Demands a Quick Action to Release US Photojournalist:
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Freedom Foundation Reports 10 Violations against Media and concerns on Escalating Attacks on Journalists in Yemen
Sana'a (Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom ,rights and development condemned violations against a number of journalists in Yemen this week, including a US photojournalist, Luke Somers.
Theseviolations vary between kidnapping, detention, trial and various attacks occurred inside the secretariatof the capital Sana'a and in provinces of Dhamar, Taiz and Hodeidah, and the number of casesreported in
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Threats to Burn (al-Share’) Newspaper ,Detention of (al-Wahdawi) Newspaper Editor and Attack on Cameraman of ( Suhail TV)
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Sana’a ( Saturday, 09/14/2013 ) :
Freedom Foundation for Media Freedom, rights and development condemned the threats to burn the office of al-Share’ Newspaper,
and the detention of editor-in-chief of al-Wahdawi Newspaper, Adel Abbdu al-Mughni by national security, as well as condemned the attack on the cameraman of Suhail TV, Nabeel Ahmad al-Kulaisi.
In a report to Freedom Foundation, al-Share’ Newspaper confirmed receiving frequent contacts from an unidentified person demanding the newspaper to “stop the publication of any news about al-Qaeda and Saudi Arabia , or he will burn the newspaper office with those people who are inside " as he said . The contacts were from two different phone numbers that are :(700845860) and ( 02 / 505 366 ) .
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Freedom Foundation welcomes the release of journalist Shaye and considered it a victory for media freedoms
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Sanaa (Tuesday, 23 July 2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development welcomes the release of
Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye, on Tuesday evening, after an arbitrary arrest for three years.
It takes this opportunity to congratulate Abdulelah Shaye and members of his family in particular and the media family in general in the occasion of release Shaye, which put an end to their suffering, which lasted a long time.
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Dutch journalist who kidnapped in Yemen faces killing threat within days if no response for kidnapper’s conditions
Sana’a (16 July 2013):
Dutch journalist Judith Spiegel who kidnapped with her husband Boudewijn Berendsen by gunmen last June 2013
in Yemen is facing murder within days if the Dutch government and its embassy in Sana’a are not response to her kidnapper’s conditions.
She confirmed this very serious threat in a video’s entreat in Dutch language, published on YouTube by the kidnappers as her first appearance in media since she was abducted in Yemeni capital Sana’a 5 weeks ago.
The video showed Spiegel with her husband in unknown place, with army blanket background. It seems to be filmed by mobile phone inside a cave as rock side of the picture appeared in the video.
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Freedom Foundation condemns assault and detention of al-Qadhi, threat of Arjan and renews its demand for Shaye release
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Sana’a (13 July, 2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development condemned  the beating assault of journalist in Aden Alghad Bassam al-Qadhi and his detention for several hours by security officers at Sana’a International Airport.
In a report to Freedom Foundation, al-Qadhi confirmed that 8 of the national security and political security at Sana’a airport have forcibly arrested him on the plane board on Monday, July 8th, and he was interrogated in a humiliating and exasperating manner.
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Freedom Foundation Condemns Continued Abduction of Dutch Journalist, Attack on Odai . Threat of al-Faqih and Looting of al-Bahri’s House
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Sana’a (Thursday, June 27, 2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development condemned the continued abduction of the  Dutch journalist (Judith Spiegel) and her husband (Boudewijn Berendsen) for more than three weeks so far, and who were mysteriously kidnapped from their house in Sana’a.
Sources close to Judith and security sources of Freedom Foundation said that they were probably kidnapped from their home at the beginning of the second week of June, by gunmen believed to be linked to one of the prominent politicians in Yemen.
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Freedom Foundation condemns kidnapping of 5 journalists in Marib and attacks on journalists in Sana’a and Aden
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Sana’a (Friday, 05/17/2013):
Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development warned of continuing the detention of
5 journalists who were kidnapped last Wednesday by armed tribesmen in Serwah district, in the province of Mareb.
It also condemned the threat and attack on the crew of (Al Jazeera Mubasher) TV and cameraman of (Yemen Shabab) TV by policemen in the capital Sana’a, as well as the attack on the house of the news director of Aden Radio.
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