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Yemen rounds up 17 for selling cassettes criticising govt
Yemeni authorities have rounded up 17 people for selling recordings of songs criticising the government over soaring prices of consumer goods, a Yemeni web site said yesterday. The 17, who own stalls or shops that sell cassettes, were detained in various parts of the country and are being held by the intelligence department, according to alsahwa-yemen.net, which speaks for the Islamist opposition Islah party. They include a 13-year-old boy who was taken away on Thursday from a stall that sells cassettes in Sanaa, it quoted a relative as saying. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2004-02-07 |
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