Concern about online censorship in Yemen

By: Helmi Noman on 8 March 2007
Posted in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Yemen

Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about growing political censorship of the Internet in Yemen after the authorities blocked access to the opposition website www.al-shora.net on 24 February. The site regularly carries articles about corruption, human rights and the need for political and cultural reforms. Several websites and chat forums were temporarily blocked during last September’s presidential elections. Reporters Without Borders

Yemen needs to get its

Submitted by J. Dermit (not verified) on 18 March, 2007 - 16:27.

Yemen needs to get its act together. Their ties to terrorism and corrpution have gone unchecked for to long.

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