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New Yemeni press court sentences, bans journalists Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR634.htm Publisher:  Committee to Protect Journalists Date Written:  03/11/09 Year Published:  2009   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to end the intensifying judicial and media campaign to silence critical journalists and eradicate press freedom. Abstract:  New York — The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to end the intensifying judicial and media campaign to silence critical journalists and eradicate press freedom. On Saturday, the newly established Press and Publications Court in Sana’a sentenced Munir Mawari, a Washington-based Yemeni journalist and contributor to the independent weekly Al-Masdar, to two years in prison on charges of defaming the president, journalists told CPJ. The court also barred h... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR634.htm Topics Censorship Freedom of the Press Yemen Arab Republic

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