Forcable Apprehension of Al-Khaiwani
SANA’A, Feb. 13 — The Capital’s South-West Court ordered on Monday the forcible apprehension of Jamal Amer, editor in chief of Al-Wasat weekly, and Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani, chief editor of Al-Shoura.net, an opposition news Web site in order to attend the court’s sessions. The order was made at the request of the prosecution during Monday’s session.
Al-Khaiwani was surprised over the court’s decision saying he did not reject to attend the court’s sessions, Nasspress reports. He added he attended the last session while his lawyer, Jamal Al-Jaabi, attended this week’s session.
“I wished the court showed a similar zest in Anisah Al-Shuabi’s case or doing justice to Ra’ash villagers,” he noted and hinted at his colleague Amer’s issue wherein he is asking for arresting his abductors for two years, but in vain.
Amer is sued by Endowments Ministry after his paper published a report that spoke of pilgrims’ mistreatment, whereas Al-Khaiwani stands trial against a case raised by the Ministry of Defense, when the paper wrote of Yemeni authorities’ intention to hand over Hadrmout’s Al-Bada’e military airport to Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday, Amer went to the prosecution and promised to attend the coming session scheduled for March 5.
In relatad news, Sa’ada Penal Court sentenced journalist Abed Al-Mahdhari, Chief Editor of Al-Diyyar Newspaper, to one-year in prison in absentia and to be immediately implemented against a case raised by Sa’ada’s Saqeen Court Judge.
Al-Mahdhari told alshoura.net that his case has been delayed for four years and further expressed his surprise over the ruling and maintained that neither he nor his lawyer was notified.
He further asked Yemeni Journalists Syndicate and civil society organizations and his colleagues to act against this ruling contradicting Yemen’s commitment to the international agreements and President Saleh’s promises to halt journalists’ detention over opinion and publication issues.
Al-Mahdhari has been targeted, attacked and detained many times and his car was robbed, according to reports in alshoura.net.
Talking about the military, huh? Thats who triggered this, the Defense Ministry? OK.
