Al-Wahdawi [Archives:2004/771/Press Review]

31 August 2004
Main headlines
– Army units engage in fighting with citizens in Taiz, government faces new front in Al-Jawf
– Corruption growth accelerates cabinet reshuffle that may include head of the government
– Projectiles target government complex in Sa'ada
– Thirty-two million riyals, embezzlements at the National Institute
– Court halts appointments of Sana'a University

Columnist Mahmoud Sharafudin says in his article there is no difference between iron shackles chaining journalists and chains of his living life. Both of them represent the same degree of suppression. The first one could force the journalist to write in favour of authority or to avoid writing his opinion against it. The second one could be more destructive forcing him to hire his pen in defense of corruption and in praising others.
Under such a situation, the Journalists Syndicate, which is busy preparing for issuing a charter on the profession ethics, should head for protecting the profession and its cadre against deterioration, as step preceding the declaration of the ethics charter. This step is represented by putting a scale of wages for journalists guaranteeing their rights, improving their circumstances, and meeting their living needs. It should be applied to official, private sector and partisan press.
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