Critical Bahraini journalist detained for four months
September 13, 2012 3:54 PM ET
New York, September 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the ongoing imprisonment of Ahmed Radhi, a freelance journalist who was first detained four months ago after making critical comments about Bahraini-Saudi relations. Radhi now faces terrorism and...
Witnesses in Al-Ayyam case turn against prosecution
January 10, 2012 3:31 PM ET
New York, January 10, 2012--Two prosecution witnesses at a trial of banned Yemeni daily Al-Ayyam last month testified in favor of the defense, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today after reviewing court documents....
Violent media intimidation in Yemen and Bahrain
May 24, 2011 5:15 PM ET
New York, May 24, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the governments of Yemen and Bahrain to end all intimidation and harassment of and physical violence against journalists. In Yemen, on Saturday, a journalist was attacked and repeatedly stabbed...
A year after siege, Al-Ayyam is sorely missed in Yemen
January 4, 2011 4:14 PM ET
Today marks the anniversary of the beginning of the multiday siege by Yemeni police and security personnel of the compound that houses the offices of the independent daily Al-Ayyam. During its assault on the headquarters of the critical daily,...
In Yemen, brutal repression cloaked in law
September 29, 2010 12:05 AM ET
In the past two years, the Yemeni government has taken legislative and administrative steps to further restrict free expression. Coupled with longstanding tactics of violent repression, President’s Saleh administration is creating the worst press climate in two decades. A CPJ...
Audio report: Yemen repression cloaked in law
September 29, 2010 12:03 AM ET
In our special report, “In Yemen, brutal repression cloaked in law,” CPJ discusses the Yemeni government's escalating censorship tactics. Here, CPJ's Mohamed Abdel Dayem highlights the violent closing of Al-Ayyam, an independent daily, and the charges leveled against its...
In Yemen, press freedom worst in 20 years
July 16, 2010 3:51 PM ET
One opinion was relayed to me repeatedly by numerous journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders during the week I just spent in Yemen: The crackdown against independent and opposition media in the country has not been this concerted at...
CPJ urges Gaza to allow entry of newspapers
July 9, 2010 4:58 PM ET
New York, July 9, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Gaza to allow three pro-Fatah Palestinian papers published in the West Bank to be allowed entry into the territory. The newspapers say they were told they had to sign an...
Foreign journalists have privileges locals don't in Yemen
March 1, 2010 3:22 PM ET
It is possible that so-called “Christmas Day bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab came to Yemen for Al-Qaeda terrorist training because it was out of the limelight. Until now, international media has sent in journalists intermittently to cover stories on Somali refugees or the Houthi rebellion in the North,...
In Yemen, editors detained as siege of newspaper continues
January 6, 2010 4:36 PM ET
New York, January 6, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrest today of the editor-in-chief and managing editor of the independent daily Al-Ayyam on the third day of a government siege of the compound that houses the paper’s offices...