Al-Balagh [Archives:2003/650/Press Review]

8 July 2003
Main headlines:
– Islah party calls for establishing a special educational regime instead of scholastic institutes
– Saudi medical assistance arouses conflict inside health ministry
– Second- ranked man in the American civil administration in Iraq and his companions kidnapped
Editor in chief of the newspaper comments on the security measures taken by the guard and bodyguards of the prime minister and their behaviour when he was a few days ago attending an activity at the headquarters of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate. The writer says the prime minister as we know him as being keen to be present with the journalists during their celebrating the inauguration of the Yemeni encyclopedia compiled by Mr Abdulwahab al-Mouyad last Monday. Nevertheless, a group of journalists were surprised by the guards preventing them from entering their syndicate headquarters to attend the celebration under pretext of the security measures accompanying the prime minister. Despite all the attempts with commander of the guard to convince him that it was not right to prevent editors in chief of newspapers and correspondents of al-Jazeera channel from entering into their syndicate he insisted on his stance. We want in this regard to confirm that no one in our country fears the journalists because their weapon is he word which they use in supporting the right and public issues and for serving the society's interests, whether they were inside the hall or outside it. The fact is that the journalists themselves are in need of being guarded against arrests and threats by unidentified people. We do not think that the relationship between the prime minister and journalists has reached to the extent of preventing them from entering their syndicate.
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