Yemen
The media cooperation with Yemen aims to support Yemeni partners in developing tangible development interventions to enhance freedom of expression, access to information and a professional and independent media. Five areas of focus include: Freedom of media and access to information; support to the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate; reforming the curriculum of journalist educations; mid-career training of media professionals and finally professional upgrading of regional radio stations.Archive
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Successful journalists' congress in Yemen
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Yemeni Journalist Syndicate elects new chairman and board after one year delay of the Fourth General Congress of YJS
Due to economic and political problems, the Yemen Syndicate of Journalists (YJS) had delayed the Fourth General Conference of the Syndicate for more than a year. Finally it was organized on 14-16 of March in Sana'a with attendance of more than 1 000 members.
New chairman of the Board, Yaseen al-Masodi promised to work hard to establish social security fund for Yemeni journalists. Mr. Yaseen Al-Massaudi is the deputy Editor-in-Chief of the state-run Al-Thawrah newspaper. Like the previous board, the new one also has one female among its 12 members.
President of Yemen: Give journalists all the information they need
The President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who attended the congress, promised support to journalists and ordered his ministers to give journalists all information they needed in line of their work. He also demanded that the Minister of Information starts immediately preparing a broadcast law that will allow private persons as well as government and independent organizations to apply for broadcast licenses.
Yemen's President Saleh nr. three from right. To his right, former Chairman of YJS, Mr. Nasr Taher and YJS President Jim Boumelha. Photo: YJS/IMS
The President of the International Federation of Journalists, Jim Boumelha was also present at the Conference. He praised the role that the Syndicate had played in defending freedom of expression and rights of journalists in Yemen. IFJ and IMS are implementing a large programme in the country to assist media and make Yemeni Journalist Syndicate more effective press freedom organization and trade union.
Amnesty Award 2008 to Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani
On the final day of the Conference Mr. Bomelha gave journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani the 2008 Amnesty Prize. Al-Khaiwani was sentenced for his reporting on the war in Northern Yemen in 2008 but pardoned by President Saleh.
However, this was not the end of the story, on the contrary it continues as, until this day, the court in Yemen has not approved the President's amnesty but demanded al-Khaiwani to be jailed again.
In his speech at the YJS Congress, President Saleh again demanded the judiciary to drop the punishment insisting it was his constitutional power to pardon people.
(Photo/IFJ: Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani receives the 2008 Amnesty Prize from the IFJ President)
Read more about the YJS Congress in an article in the Yemen Times.
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