Hodiedah Local Council Head Orders Attack on Journalists Covering Protest
Hodeidah Hood team members: Decry the attack on the journalists in Hodeidah
Wednesday 06 February 2008 / Hood onlineHood team in Hodeidah governorate condemned the attack on the journalists who covered the protest of the workers in health sector yesterday. The doctors and the other employees demanded the government for better conditions.
The journalists were Mansour Abu Ali, the correspondent of Al-Ayyam newspaper, Mustfa Badr, al-Gumhuriah newspaper, and Mansoor al-Dubai’I, Saba News Agency. Soldiers of the governorate attacked the journalists by orders from Colonel Hassan al-Haij, the General Secretary of the Hodeidah local council.
Hodeidah Hood team members demanded an investigation for the attack and apologizing to the attacked journalists. In addition, people working in the health sector have every right to protest peacefully to take back their rights, said Hood members in Hodeidah.
