Journalist Arrested, MP and Activists Beaten
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) condemned the security authorities’ abusive measures against journalist al-Sabri bin Makhashin, chief editor of the independent Al-Muharer newspaper and almuharer.net.
Bin Makhashin was detained last Tuesday by the Security Department in Mukalla for publishing stories about disclosure of the secondary school exams, said the syndicate.
Bin Makhashin was admitted to hospital last Thursday to be treated of an injury and security authorities refuse to release him, it said. It said that personnel from the Security Department once raided the office of Al-Muharer and arrested bin Makhashin, condemning the hunt of journalists.
The syndicate called for the immediate release of bin Makhashin and held the security authorities responsible for deteriorating his health.
Sahwa Net – Yemeni security forces violated Fuad Dahaba, member of parliament , arrested two journalists Jabr Sabir and Saleh al-Soraimi and abused female activists belonging to the organization of Women Journalists Without Chains while they were protesting an imprisonment ruling against a comedian and signer Fahad al-Qarni on Wednesday .
Yemeni popular comedian and signer Fahad al-Qarni was sentenced to one and half year in prison and a YR 500,000 fine on Wednesday.
