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WAN protests to Yemeni president over jail sentences for journalists
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06 November 2009
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"We respectfully remind you that imprisoning journalists for writing and publishing critical comments constitutes a clear breach of the right to freedom of expression", says WAN-IFRA in a protest letter to the president of Yemen over the imprisonment of two journalists for libel. More
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WAN and WEF Protest Upheld Prison Sentence Against Yemeni Journalist
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03 February 2009
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The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum have expressed serious concern at the upholding of a six-year jail sentence against journalist Abdel Karim Al Khaiwani, despite a presidential pardon having been granted to him in September 2008. Mr Al Khaiwani was jailed in June 2008 on charges of belonging to a terrorist organisation and planning terrorist attacks but was granted a presidential pardon and released in September. The original charge brought against him in 2007 was for publishing information liable to undermine army morale. More
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