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Category: Walid Al-SaqafBy Curt on Apr 4, 2008 in Walid Al-Saqaf, Yemen, Censorship | 0 Comments
Some goings on in Yemen are so peculiar and unbelievable as to be Orwellian. Please read the letter below from Walid Al-Saqaf, admin for Yemen Portal. He’s put up with harassment in the last few months, as have many Yemeni journalists and citizen news sites. Now he and his colleagues may find themselves up against […]
By Curt on Feb 11, 2008 in Walid Al-Saqaf, YemenPortal, Yemen, Free speech, Censorship | 4 Comments
A car belonging to YemenPortal, was vandalized today. Editor Walid Al-Saqaf indicated in a note that he believes official representatives of the Yemeni government directly responsible. He believes the action was a result of his attempt to provide alternative URLs for his site. He created an alternative domain and emailed it to several hundred subscribers […]
