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International community demands release of journalists [Archives:2002/27/Local News]
July 1 2002
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Similarly, the Yemeni Authors Union condemned the arrest of the two journalist and demanded their immediate release. A statement of the union also denounced the censorship and the comeback to the totalitarian mentality which used to prevail in pre-1990 Yemen.
The statement also called international human rights organizations and press freedom groups to speak out against these inhuman acts.
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