Yemeni court in Lahj governorate sentenced Anis Monssor Hameeda, a journalist, to fourteen months in jail on charge of running anti-unity stories which threaten Yemeni stability and security.
Sources said that Hameeda also was convicted for participating in unauthorized demonstrations, rioting and causing trouble in Lahj governorate.
For his part, Hameeda said that verdict is politically motivated one hundred percent.
Hameeda worked as a correspondent of Al-Ayam in Lahj province and other Yemeni news websites.
Yemeni Journalist Syndicate warned to issue such verdict that will restrict freedom of speech in the press in the society of Yemen.
Eight independent newspapers were prohibited by orders of the Yemeni Ministry of Information.
The government’s special press court was established at the beginning of May to deal exclusively with press-related offenses following the media coverage of the unrest in the south of Yemen.
However, Yemeni forces dispersed on Sunday a rally of 200 people in Aden protesting the suspension of Al-Ayam newspaper which the government accuses of seeking to divide the Arabian peninsula country.
About 15 people of the newspaper employees were arrested in the rally.
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