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اقتباس   المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Ganoob67 Press Freedom First Casualty Of Yemen Unrest Friday June 5th, 2009 / 6h37ADEN (AFP)--The growing separatist unrest in southern Yemen and the ensuing government crackdown has already made a casualty of press freedom. Eight publications independent or critical of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's *****istration were suspended in early May when police halted their distribution and seized all copies. The information ministry accused them of violating the press law which bans the publication of anything that could threaten the unity of Yemen, the poorest Arab country. The regime accused the seven weeklies and the main southern daily, Aden-based Al-Ayyam, of siding with anti-government protesters in the south. A total of 16 people, including five members of the security forces, have been killed in the south since the new wave of unrest erupted in late April. Some of the four-million-strong population of southern Yemen, the most impoverished part of the country and until May 1990 an independent state, feel discriminated against by the central government which is controlled by northerners, and are now demanding independence. "I am against independence but I understand the demands of our brothers in the south," said Samir Jubran, the young founder and editor-in-chief of Al-Masdar (The Source), one of the eight publications that were shut down. Jubran believes the problem is that the government considers any publication that doesn't toe the official line to be supporting the opposition. The government has also decided to set up a special court to deal exclusively with press-related offenses. "These actions are a clear effort to silence independent voices in Yemen," New York-based Human Rights Watch said May 16, calling on Saleh to "end this campaign of intimidation and censorship." Information Minister Hassan Ahmad al-Lawzi didn't give an interview, despite several requests. But Justice Minister Ghazi al-Aghbari said that establishing the court was merely a "technical measure" aimed at "protecting the dignity of journalists," not at silencing them. However, journalists remain skeptical. Jubran, for example, is convinced the new court "will not be independent." Many Yemeni publications have never been afraid of vigorously criticizing the government. This is rare in Arab countries, where the press is either censored by the authorities or practices self-censorship. Press freedom has deteriorated alarmingly in the past few years, especially since the start of an uprising in the north in 2004 by Zaidi rebels. An offshoot of Shiite Islam, the Zaidis are a minority in the mainly Sunni country, but they are a majority in the Saada governorate in the far north. Journalist Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, 43, has been jailed four times and has spent a total of 359 days behind bars over the past five years on charges of supporting the Zaidi rebels. A former editor-in-chief of the opposition weekly Ash-Shura, he has harsh words for the government over the way it has tried to crush the uprising. Khaiwani was last sentenced in June 2008 to six years in jail, before being pardoned by Saleh in September, but he has had to give up writing for the time being. He says he was simply doing his job by trying to present the rebels' point of view. The Brussels-based International Crisis Group, in a report late last month on "Yemen: Defusing the Saada Time Bomb," cited the Zaidi rebellion as carrying "grave risks for Yemen's political, sectarian and social equilibrium." As with the Zaidi conflict in the north, a similar situation seems to be developing regarding secessionist sentiment in the south. "The fall of the regime might come from the south," Khaiwani said. Jubran said he had already been interrogated three times over his weekly's coverage of the unrest in the south, especially over seven articles published in one edition. He believes the aim of the government is to bully the newspapers into submission, but also that if the situation in the south deteriorates even further, "it might well shut down all of them." Monday, Qatar-based watchdog the Doha Centre for Media Freedom pointed the finger at Sanaa, saying: "There can be no doubt that the Sanaa authorities have sacrificed press freedom in their efforts to control unrest in the south of the country." [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل]

Press Freedom First Casualty Of Yemen Unrest Friday June 5th, 2009 / 6h37ADEN (AFP)--The growing separatist unrest in southern Yemen and the ensuing government crackdown has already made a casualty of press freedom. Eight publications independent or critical of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's *****istration were suspended in early May when police halted their distribution and seized all copies. The information ministry accused them of violating the press law which bans the publication of anything that could threaten the unity of Yemen, the poorest Arab country. The regime accused the seven weeklies and the main southern daily, Aden-based Al-Ayyam, of siding with anti-government protesters in the south. A total of 16 people, including five members of the security forces, have been killed in the south since the new wave of unrest erupted in late April. Some of the four-million-strong population of southern Yemen, the most impoverished part of the country and until May 1990 an independent state, feel discriminated against by the central government which is controlled by northerners, and are now demanding independence. "I am against independence but I understand the demands of our brothers in the south," said Samir Jubran, the young founder and editor-in-chief of Al-Masdar (The Source), one of the eight publications that were shut down. Jubran believes the problem is that the government considers any publication that doesn't toe the official line to be supporting the opposition. The government has also decided to set up a special court to deal exclusively with press-related offenses. "These actions are a clear effort to silence independent voices in Yemen," New York-based Human Rights Watch said May 16, calling on Saleh to "end this campaign of intimidation and censorship." Information Minister Hassan Ahmad al-Lawzi didn't give an interview, despite several requests. But Justice Minister Ghazi al-Aghbari said that establishing the court was merely a "technical measure" aimed at "protecting the dignity of journalists," not at silencing them. However, journalists remain skeptical. Jubran, for example, is convinced the new court "will not be independent." Many Yemeni publications have never been afraid of vigorously criticizing the government. This is rare in Arab countries, where the press is either censored by the authorities or practices self-censorship. Press freedom has deteriorated alarmingly in the past few years, especially since the start of an uprising in the north in 2004 by Zaidi rebels. An offshoot of Shiite Islam, the Zaidis are a minority in the mainly Sunni country, but they are a majority in the Saada governorate in the far north. Journalist Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, 43, has been jailed four times and has spent a total of 359 days behind bars over the past five years on charges of supporting the Zaidi rebels. A former editor-in-chief of the opposition weekly Ash-Shura, he has harsh words for the government over the way it has tried to crush the uprising. Khaiwani was last sentenced in June 2008 to six years in jail, before being pardoned by Saleh in September, but he has had to give up writing for the time being. He says he was simply doing his job by trying to present the rebels' point of view. The Brussels-based International Crisis Group, in a report late last month on "Yemen: Defusing the Saada Time Bomb," cited the Zaidi rebellion as carrying "grave risks for Yemen's political, sectarian and social equilibrium." As with the Zaidi conflict in the north, a similar situation seems to be developing regarding secessionist sentiment in the south. "The fall of the regime might come from the south," Khaiwani said. Jubran said he had already been interrogated three times over his weekly's coverage of the unrest in the south, especially over seven articles published in one edition. He believes the aim of the government is to bully the newspapers into submission, but also that if the situation in the south deteriorates even further, "it might well shut down all of them." Monday, Qatar-based watchdog the Doha Centre for Media Freedom pointed the finger at Sanaa, saying: "There can be no doubt that the Sanaa authorities have sacrificed press freedom in their efforts to control unrest in the south of the country." [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] __________________
حرية الصحافة في اليمن أولى ضحايا الاضطرابات

الجمعة يونيو 5th ، 2009 / 6h37ADEN (اف ب) -- تزايد الاضطرابات الانفصالية في جنوب اليمن ، وأعقبت ذلك حملة الحكومة بالفعل ضحية لحرية الصحافة.
ثمانية منشورات مستقلة أو تنتقد الرئيس علي عبد الله صالح الادارة علقت في مطلع ايار / مايو عندما اوقفت الشرطة توزيعها واستولت على جميع نسخ.
وزارة الاعلام واتهمتها بانتهاك قانون الصحافة الذي يحظر نشر أي شيء يمكن أن يهدد وحدة اليمن ، أفقر بلد عربي.
واتهم النظام السبعة الأسبوعية واليومية الرئيسية في الجنوب ، ومقرها عدن الأيام ، بالانحياز متظاهرين مناهضين للحكومة في الجنوب.
ما مجموعه 16 شخصا من بينهم خمسة أفراد من قوات الأمن ، قد لقوا مصرعهم في جنوب البلاد منذ موجة جديدة من الاضطرابات التي اندلعت في اواخر نيسان / ابريل.
بعض من أربعة ملايين نسمة في جنوب اليمن ، والأكثر فقرا من البلاد وحتى أيار / مايو 1990 في دولة مستقلة ، وتشعر للتمييز من جانب الحكومة المركزية التي يسيطر عليها في الشمال ، والآن يطالبون بالاستقلال.
"أنا ضد الاستقلال ولكن أنا أفهم مطالب اخواننا في الجنوب" وقال سمير جبران ، الشاب مؤسس ورئيس تحرير شركة مصدر (المصدر) ، وهو واحد من ثمانية من المنشورات التي تم إغلاقها.
جبران يعتقد أن المشكلة تكمن في أن الحكومة ترى أن أي نشر لا تسير على الخط الرسمي أن يدعم المعارضة.
وقررت الحكومة أيضا على إنشاء محكمة خاصة للتعامل مع الصحافة حصرا في الجرائم المتعلقة.
"إن هذه الأعمال هي جهود واضحة لإسكات الأصوات المستقلة في اليمن" ، من نيويورك مقرا لها قالت هيومن رايتس ووتش في 16 ايار / مايو ودعا صالح الى "وضع حد لهذه الحملة من التخويف والرقابة".
وزير الإعلام حسن أحمد اللوزي لم يعط مقابلة ، على الرغم من عدة طلبات.
لكن وزير العدل غازي Aghbari قال إن إنشاء المحكمة هو مجرد "تدبير التقنية" التي تهدف الى "حماية كرامة الصحافيين ،" لا إسكاتهم.
ومع ذلك ، لا يزال متشككا تجاه الصحفيين. جبران ، على سبيل المثال ، على اقتناع المحكمة الجديدة "لن تكون مستقلة".
العديد من المطبوعات اليمنية لم تكن تخاف من انتقاد الحكومة بشدة. هذا أمر نادر في البلدان العربية ، حيث لا رقابة على الصحافة من قبل السلطات أو ممارسات الرقابة الذاتية.
حرية الصحافة تدهورت بصورة مفزعة في السنوات القليلة الماضية ، وخصوصا منذ بدء الانتفاضة في الشمال في عام 2004 من قبل المتمردين زيدي.
فرع من المذهب الشيعي ، وأبناء الطائفة الزيدية هم اقلية في البلد الذي يغلب على سكانه السنة ، لكنها أغلبية في محافظة صعدة في أقصى الشمال.
الصحفي عبد الكريم الخيواني (43 عاما) بالسجن أربع مرات وقضى ما مجموعه 359 يوما خلف القضبان على مدى السنوات الخمس الماضية بتهمة دعم المتمردين من الطائفة الزيدية.
سابقا رئيس تحرير اسبوعية للمعارضة الرماد الشورى ، فقد وجه كلمات لاذعة الى الحكومة بسبب الطريقة التي حاولت سحق الانتفاضة.
الخيواني للمرة الاخيرة في حزيران / يونيو 2008 بالسجن لمدة ست سنوات في السجن قبل ان يتم العفو عنهم من قبل صالح في أيلول / سبتمبر ، لكنه كان لا يتخلى عن الكتابة لبعض الوقت.
ويقول انه كان يؤدي وظيفته لمجرد محاولة من جانب المتمردين لعرض وجهة نظر.
من بروكسل مقرا لها المجموعة الدولية لمعالجة الازمات في تقرير لها أواخر الشهر الماضي عن "اليمن : صعدة نزع فتيل قنبلة موقوتة" واستشهد التمرد الزيدي كما تحمل "مخاطر جسيمة في اليمن السياسية والطائفية والتوازن الاجتماعي."
وكما هو الحال مع الصراع الزيدي في الشمال ، وضعا مماثلا ويبدو أن البلدان النامية فيما يتعلق المشاعر الانفصالية في الجنوب.
"ان سقوط النظام قد يأتي من الجنوب" الخيواني.
جبران وقال انه تم استجواب أكثر من ثلاث مرات في خطابه الاسبوعي تغطية الاضطرابات في الجنوب ، ولا سيما ما يزيد على سبع مقالات نشرت في طبعة واحدة.
انه يعتقد ان الهدف من الحكومة للضغط في الصحف على الخضوع ، وإنما أيضا أنه إذا كان الوضع في الجنوب يزداد الوضع تدهورا "قد اغلقت كل منهم".
الاثنين ، قطر ومقرها الدوحة لمركز حرية الإعلام اصابع الاتهام الى صنعاء ، قائلا : "مما لا شك فيه أن سلطات صنعاء ضحوا حرية الصحافة في جهودها الرامية الى السيطرة على الاضطرابات في جنوب البلاد".


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