Editor arrested as Yemen media clampdown intensifies
The arrest on 6 January of the editor and publisher of Yemen’s Al-Ayyam newspaper, Hisham Bashraheel, has reinforced concerns that Yemen’s high-profile clampdown on militants is being used as a pretext to further suppress media freedom. Bashraheel was arrested on 6 January, following clashes between police and armed guards of the daily newspaper, in which a policeman […]
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