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The Journos Again, Still

Filed under: General, Yemen — by Jane Novak at 6:51 am on Thursday, June 23, 2005

YT: A press release issued by al-Nihar Newspaper affirmed that the newspaper is usually threatened along with its staff by a group of people who are said to be followers of Sheikh Mohammad Ahmad Mansour from al-Ja’ashin and a MP.

Sheikh Mansour sued a legal action against al-Nihar Newspaper over publishing reports harming his reputation and mentioning the oppression and tyranny he practices on his locals. The case was filed to the South Capital Court a few days ago.

The press release emphasized that Sheikh Mansour arrived on Tuesday with a group of armed men to the office of al-Nihar Newspaper and threatened to storm its office and attack its editorial staff.

The press release mentioned the Sheikh’s visit coincided with telephone calls threatening to break into the newspaper’s office and beat its editors.

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Comment by Rosemary

6/23/2005 @ 3:03 pm

Rrrgggghhhh! Iran sentenced Farid Modarressi to 91 days in prison. He is a journalist. He apparently was

    “writing insulting material” against incumbent President Mohammad Khatami and SEC chief Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

This is getting worse, or is it? Have we/I been this blind? For shame on me.

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Comment by Jane

6/23/2005 @ 3:36 pm

I was so blind for so long its not funny. I had to actually research for hours to get past the propaganda and at the truth.

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