Al-Nahar [Archives:2005/876/Press Review]

8 Sep.2005
Main headlines

– The opposition agrees on formation of a coalition government and take part in it

– Abu Ras tenders his resignation from the parliament

– In continuation of violations against press and journalists, “An-Nahar and Ath-Thawri” before court next Wednesday

– Next week final trials of the case of the Iraqi officers

– Increase in cases of “tourist” marriages, justice ministry legalizes it.

On harassment against opposition press the columnist Abdulbari Tahir says in the past weeks Yemen has seen the stopping or suspension of three main newspapers of the opposition, namely, Ash-Shoura, Ath-Thawri and Tagamou. Ash-Shoura is organ of the Union of People's forces in Yemen, has been subject to various types of punishments at the hands of the government since the war of 1994.

As for Ath-Thawri, organ of he Yemen Socialist Party, its tragedy is bigger because it is of a party that had left power compellingly and has been accused of being infidel since that war. It has lately adopted a more critical line against corruption and despotism. The third newspaper Al-Tagamou is organ of the Unionist Congregation Party founded by the first martyr of democracy Omar Abdullah al-Jawi for his challenging of corruption and despotism.

The general crisis in life and forms of various suppression push collectively to assassinate freedom so that the arena would be open and free for a dialogue long known and experienced by Yemen, i, e, that of guns. Maybe the armed corruption thinks that only force could decide the dispute with the other opinion and the method the ruling party had decided the power conflict is the ideal means for giving domination despotism and totalitarianism.
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