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| Hadi Promises To Promote Freedom Of Press In Yemen |
| 2012-04-26 |
| [Yemen Post] President Abdurabu Mansour Hadi ...the second and possibly the last president of Yemen, successor to former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... said on Wednesday he and the Yemeni government will do their best to promote freedom of press in the future in Yemen. At his meeting with President of International Federation of Journalists Jim Boumelha and head of the Yemeni Journalist Syndicate, Hadi said it is important to promote freedom of press within the efforts to boost development and fight corruption. Hadi also promised to look into the case of journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye, who was captured two years ago on al-Qaeda links accusations. Boumelha and the Yemeni Journalist Syndicate renewed the call to release this journalist, who used to cover al-Qaeda issues and was placed in durance vile by the systems of the former regime. Shaye was sentenced to five years in jail on terrorism-related charges and when the turmoil started here in 2011 he was about to be pardoned by the US President Barack Obama The campaign's over, John... urged to keep him behind bars. Meantime, the Yemeni journalists are demanding to reconsider the bylaw of the syndicate in the way it allows to every journalist to participate in making decision and to ensure the independence of press in Yemen. |
| Posted by:Fred |