Statement from AdenGulf.net on the Editor’s Kidnapping
The oppression of all media reporting on the southern protests continues full swing.
Yesterday morning, 18th June, northern security forces abducted the South-Yemenite Journalist, owner and chief editor of the Adengulf–website, Salah Al-Saqladi, and brought him to jail in unknown location. This act is part of the brutal campaign of official terror against southern media and southern political activists who struggle for freedom of expression of opinion and
coverage of the southern movementThe soldiers of the security service of the occupation authority broke into the house of Mr. Al-Saqladi morning in the city of Aden with dozens of military crews surrounding the house from all sides intimidating women and children in an inhuman and barbaric way. They confiscated his computer, private papers and tools they could find in his house.
The Adengulf-News condemns this criminal act and the repressive practices of the regime in Sanaa to its chief editor, Salah Al-Saqladi and all southern people. It stresses that the regime will have to take full responsibility of Al-Saqladi´s life and security. At the same time, Adengulf assures all its readers to continue Al-Saqladi´s work in exposing the crimes of the occupation of Yemen and to continue the struggle and the delivery of information to the world.
Adengulf-News takes also the opportunity to appeal to all local and international media and human rights organizations to carry out their duties to condemn such practices by the occupation authorities against southern media and journalism and take immediate actions to force the government of Sanaa to release Mr. Al-Saqladi and all other southern detainees. This regime should respect the freedom of expression of opinion and stop the information blockade against the South and unblock southern websites and newspapers
