Yemen - Woman journalist freed but press freedom violations continue

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders hails journalist and activist Tawakkol Karman's release today, two days after her arbitrary arrest in Sanaa. Charged with “inciting disorder and chaos” and organizing unauthorized demonstrations and marches, she was freed on condition that she does not violate “public order and the law” again. Karman has been a leading figure in a three-week-old wave of protests demanding political reform in Yemen which has been inspired in part by the protest movement in Tunisia. She (...)

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