SEMC Calls for Releasing Abducted Journalists SEMC Reports 53 Violations of Media Freedom in Yemen during 3rd Quarter of 2016 The International day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists comes in November 2nd while Yemeni Journalists will be living the worst stage of the media freedom in Yemen. Since the beginning of last year, 2015 and so far 15 have been killed and 41 wounded of journalists, while 17 journalists have been abducted yet by the Houthi group and al-Qaeda in Yemen. nike pour homme pas cher Most of the detainees are being subjected to continuous tortured while the crimes perpetrators live freely, practicing daily violations against journalists and activists of social networking sites and blocking websites and social networking platforms. On this occasion, the Studies & Economic Media Center (SEMC) again appeals to release the abducted journalists who have no guilt but to convey the truth, and calls for local and international organizations to show solidarity with Yemeni journalists and help them to overcome and ease the risks they face while practicing their journalistic duties. The Studies & Economic Media Center revealed in the report of media freedom violations in 2016, 3rd quarter, that 53 cases of violation were committed against journalists and social media activists, which distributed on cases of killings, abductions, injuries, threats, attempted murder, bombing, storming and looting houses and media organizations, beating attacks, and blocking and hacking TV channels and sites. adidas nmd The report expressed its growing concern about the continuing violations of media freedom, which killed two journalists during the 3rd quarter of the current year, and which is a serious indicator demanding all parties to take the necessary measures for protecting journalists. Fjallraven Kanken Sales According to the report, 2 murder cases have been committed, and 12 injury cases, 10 abduction cases, 7 beating cases, 7 threat cases, 2 cases of arbitrary dismissal from work, one case of salary ceasing, one case of dismissal from the university, one case of property rights theft, one case of incitement, one case of home bombing, 2 cases of blocking websites, 2 cases of housebreaking, 2 cases of an assassination attempt, and one case of storming and blocking a TV channel. The report showed Sana’a province, which is still under the control of Houthi group and forces of former President Ali Saleh, ranked first in violations number with 24 cases of violation, Taiz province came next with 9 cases of violation, then Hajjah province with 7 cases of violation, then Aden province with 3 cases of violation, followed by Dale’ province with two cases of violation, and then the city of Geneva, Switzerland, with 2 cases of violation, and one violation case was committed in each of following provinces; Hadramout, Shabwa, Lahij, Ibb, Al-Jawf, and Hodeida. According to the report, August ranked first in the number of violations against journalists and social media activists with 24 violation cases, followed by September with 19 violation cases, finally the month of July with 10 cases of violation. chaussures nike femme 2017 The report showed the Houthi group was the most in violating journalists and social networking activists, with 37 cases of violation, followed by unknown persons who committed 10 violation cases, then the Yemeni government and Popular Resistance committed 3 cases of violation, finally each of the coalition forces, a religious schooler and a website committed one violation case. According to the report, the most of violations were committed against journalists and media workers, with 43 cases of violations, then the media organizations were subjected to 7 cases , then the social networking activists were subjected to 3 violation cases. The center also stressed on the importance of implementing further training programs for journalists practicing their work in conflict zones in order to help them to reduce risks, particularly many murder and injuries cases would be avoidable if the journalist had adequate skills of media coverage in the fighting zones. louboutin homme The report condemned the arbitrary practices against journalists and media workers, demanded to re-run the various media institutions for ensuring the return of hundreds of journalists to practice their jobs lost during the last period of the conflict in Yemen, and also demanded to quickly release all journalists kidnapped and existed in the prisons of the Houthi group and al-Qaeda. There are 17 kidnapped journalists in prisons of Houthi group and al-Qaeda, nine of them have been detained since the 9th of June of last year and and tortured. They are: AbdulKhaliq Imran, Taoufik al-Mansouri, Harith Hamid, Hisham Tarmoom, Hisham al-Yousufi, Akram al-Waleedy, Essam Balghaith, Hassan Annab, Haitham Shehab, Waheed al-Soufi, Salah al-Qaidy, Ibrahim al-Majthoub, Abdullah al-Munifi, Hussein al-Issy, Yahya al-Jubaihi, Asaad al-Emad, and the journalist Mohamed al-Maqrami, who is still in prisons of Al-Qaeda in Hadramout province.
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