Yemen Observer Republishes

Filed under: General, Yemen — by Jane Novak at 8:04 am on Tuesday, May 2, 2006

This is excellent news. Excellent.

SANA’A – The Yemen Observer can continue printing hard copies of its newspaper, after a decision to suspend its license to operate was overturned on Tuesday by Prime Minister Abdul-Qader Bajammal.
One day prior to world celebration of the UN World Press Freedom Day, the decision of the Yemeni government has been made. Two other newspapers who also had their licenses suspended for charges connected to republishing the Danish cartoons, the Al-Rai Al-A’am and Al-Hurriyah,, were also given the go-ahead to continue to print.
The move follows a series of demands by the Yemen Journalists Syndicate (YJS). Bajammal has instructed the Ministry of Information to activate the revoked licenses of the three newspapers after a meeting with members of the YJS.
The Ministry of Information revoked the license of the Observer and Al-Rai Al-A’am on February 8, and Al-Hurriyah’s on February 4.
For the past three months, Observer journalists have been able to only print articles on its website.
“It was a fruitful meeting with the Prime Minister,” Saeed Thabet, Acting Chairman of the YJS told the Observer.
“We have been demanding the release of the licenses of the newspapers for past three months. The response of the government came late but was encouraging.”
Staff at the Yemen Observer welcomed the news. Faris Sanabani, the publisher, welcomed the prime minister decision saying: “It is time for the Yemeni government to move to responsibility of press freedom to the journalists themselves, who should play a vital role in transparency, fighting corruption and development.”
“It was a good decision by the government, even if it was perhaps a late one,” said Mohammed Al-Asadi, Editor-in-Chief of the Yemen Observer. “We hope that the charges will also be dropped.”
The trials of those accused in connection with the reprinting of the cartoons continues.
Hafez Al-Bukari, Secretary General of the YJS expressed his satisfaction of the meeting with the Prime Minister. The discussion also includes various issues concerning press freedoms, the draft law and access to information in addition the administrative arrangement of the general assembly meeting of the YJS to elect a new chairman.
“I am impressed with the meeting,” Al-Bukari said. “We really wish that all promises made by the Prime Minister will be fulfilled including the establishment of an Information Center in the cabinet to supply journalists with necessary information and statistics.”

Also some movement on the draft press law. More from the YO.

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Comment by Yahia Zaid

5/2/2006 @ 11:11 pm

SALAM JANE,
To my continous astonishment I tried to find a psychoanalyst. He is a friend from Adan, in the southern part of Yemen to where I went, with my children.
We disscused the armies of liberation club, and the participants and came to the following conclusive opinions:
The so called bantered Yassin is not an idiot or an ignorant, but phenomena.
He is a hippocras, with two faces: one is genuine, feeling what is the truth, he is one of the masses that were lied upon and robbed by the dictator, and asked to contradict the truth smiling and waving to the satanic ignorant dictator, but never do it they are now boiling and are going to explode one day, I believe vvvvvvvvvery sssssssssoon.
But since that bastered, does not believe any thing except rapid profets, money or a status or any thing , he suppresses his genueity aided by the fact that he is using a nick name, without ambarresment.his self is naked, evil, mundane and rude, because his parents did not raise him up properly.When a polite educated elite lady like JANE NOVAK, requests him to use polite words when he expresses himself, she said to him o.k no problem, Yassin I have given you this forum, without any sensor , express your opinions even if you oppose me I will publish your opinion but,but,but, behave and never shout bad words, he said I am sorry in the beginning, but came back insultive as usual!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
do you now why? this shows that he is not the master of himself. he is paid from his soldier colligue Ali Salih who came from the streets to
the presidency without the least qualification event not knowing to read and write. yet that so called Yassin is trying to convince the people who knows him better, that he is an ispired leader.
This way of contradicting emotion done by Yassin even though secretively shall lead him to mental illness one day.

That lower rank soldier, ali Salih only qualifications is that he killed Alhamdy ,(you can read the full detailed story in the internet today) the man who brought him to the army. he was trained in Asmara American base together with Alghashmi, and ordered by the mossad which paid him and humiliated him and photographed that to blackmail him and gave him the right to destroy yemen and prevent it from development and to use the public money to buy solders for hiding himself and decesiving the public,people who are traitors to their country and their people like that miserable bastered mean so called Yassin.
that is enough for us to reply to him because he is not genuine and his gole is to destroy this site, and not to express a genuine opinion even the opposite from our mainstream.
Ali Salih and his son and related family officers are the agents of America and Israel. you now that an American report about cole case declared that it has been done by Ahmed who is the coordinator between yemen and the mossad. this American security secret report have been issued by althoury newspaper of the socalist party, then the chieve editor dr Sultan Alsurairemy was fired for it. please read that in the web site.
all his replies are ment to be off point because this is the mentality of that vagabond whom was reared and raised by the mossad, ali fassid(corrupt). so friends when you tell him I am injured and all yemenese are discuss a solution that remedy us he replies iraq is also injured , you bad people including jane,I am robbed he says that man in the street is also robbed instead of saying let us find a solution for yemen and iraq let us fight against American politician terrorists, he insults our American friend jane just like ali Salih when we say yemen needs development he says do you have development 50 years ago when imam was governing you bastereds, this is his polcy and words fully shon by his slave Yassin.
so my sugession is to stop talking to Yassin until we feel that he is genuine and not representing the destruction intends of the befalling dictator ali Salih and his masters the mossad and the cia.

Comment by Jane

5/3/2006 @ 6:07 am

Hi Yahyia, you know I hope he is a govt stooge because I would hate to think of a person actually that brainwashed that he is unable to see any truth.

Its a phenominon of blogging, trolls- people who live in the comments just to disagree. They become obsessed. Most bloggers have a troll. No one pays them any attention except when they are so stupid that they are funny. He’s been coming around for a year and sometimes hes been reeeeealy funny. Sometimes I play with him, sometimes I dont even read his comments.

Comment by Y'sBF

5/3/2006 @ 7:07 am

Happy World Press Freedom Day everybody.. and try to keep your comments short; there is life outside of this blog and we don’t want to miss it!

Comment by Jane

5/3/2006 @ 7:14 am

Happy Press Freedom Day YBF, I appreciate and enjoy my press freedom very much.

Comment by yassin

5/3/2006 @ 8:09 pm

Again and again I m not stooge
Not I m
he is paid from his soldier colligue Ali Salih who came from the streets to
ok ,,I m student in Jordan university ,,ok ,,I m studying managerial information system ,,ali saleh does not know that I exist ,,not any one else in the regime knows that I do exist ,,,ok ,,also I m not brainwashed ,,I love them ,,and I m loyal to who made such life for us in yemen ,

This way of contradicting emotion done by Yassin even though secretively shall lead him to mental illness one day.
no call to be psychologists here ..that does not sound good when u try to analyze some one who u don’t even know the slightest things abt him

That lower rank soldier, ali Salih only qualifications is that he killed Alhamdy
I don’t know where u get such fake documents from ,,well it was Saudi ,,

the presidency without the least qualification event not knowing to read and write
wht abt ,,,the prophet muhmmed peace be upon him ,,,
wht abt tomas edisson ,,wht abt muhmmed hussnen heykal ,,etc ,,,well the ones who make history is all the time above bureaucratic educational system .

but never do it they are now boiling and are going to explode one day, I believe vvvvvvvvvery sssssssssoon.
u meen the new imperialist project of America here ,,well ,,,after they were screwed up in such way in iraq ,,don’t bet on the imperialists any more ,,
.all greeting the historic resistance of iraq and also to the historic achievements of the real politicians in iran (and by the way ,,if u believe america or the cia(jane) cares for ur freedom ,,,then listen to someone in usa admin ,who I believe is much honest man ,that s rumsfeld ,,,rumy said that the war on iraq and afgan was just to besiege iran ,,that s it ,,none cares for u and ur future ,,none cares abt ur psychological support ,,it all boils down to the fact that the west wanna keep Israel the only geostratgic player in the region and none else )

All wht Americans have been doing from invading afgan to iraq to wht they r doing in Egypt ,sudan ,Syria leb ,,to such website that treat arabs disrespectfully ,,all this proves one thing to me ,,America is the real enemy,,and I don’t care for f ucking regime of yemen ,,I don’t care for anyone else ,,for ur information ,,,all wht I was trying to do is just to figure out who is our friend ,and who s our enemy ,and jane novak made it very clear that America insist on disrespecting us ,,,so the radical thought exists ,,no one can stop us this way ,,not the regime ,,not any one else ,,,and America will regret its policies a lot…we as arabs can not tolerate some one to talk abt our affairs disrespectfully ,,such as if we r dumb waiting for them to teach us how t o be country ,,,,,
I m asking here again and again

Jane wht abt Israel and Sharon crimes ,,,wht abt Jerusalem ,,when r u gonna write abt such things ,,,u care for our rights ,,,huh

Comment by yassin

5/3/2006 @ 8:11 pm

istead of telling us how to be country ,,go and ask Noam chomsky ,,wht is the huge influence when it happens that arabs and all the ppl in the world hate america more and more …he just wrote abt that ,,i guess it s very interesting one ,,if ur monk in the white house woudl listen

Comment by fadel

7/2/2006 @ 4:46 am

i know at the firest that ali abdullah saleh will enter the 2006 election

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