Another journalist attacked [Archives:2007/1091/Front Page]
By:Amel Al-Ariqi
SANA'A, October 3 ) More than ten men attacked a Yemeni journalist on Tuesday, during his coverage of demonstrations at Freedom Square in Sana'a.
Sadam Al-Ashmori, who works as a freelance reporter for Yemen Times, as well as other Yemeni media, was beaten badly while on duty. He suspects the attackers are security men posing as civilans. In addition to being bashed and almost losing his left eye, the attackers took his camera.
“There were two rallies. I coverd the first which accrued on front of the cabinet. Then I moved to the second sit in near that area. as I took my position to take photos I saw several men wearing civil clothes about to cut the microphone wires of the other protestors. When they saw me seeing them, they charged towards me. Three of them started the assult through taking the camera and kicking me in the stomach so that when i fell to the ground the twisted my arm behind my back and I was elbowed on my back. That is when something sharp hit my head and i saw my blood on the floor,” Al-Ashmouri recalled.
The attackers left the reporter with a serious on his forehead where he got several stitches.
Although security and a police force was around they claim not to have seen anything.
The first rally was organized by Yemen Civil Organizations Collocation known as OMAM-NGOs which protested against the governmental securities arrest of civilians and old soldiers in Al-Dhala, Abeen and Aden governorates early this month, while the second was by people supporting the recent constitutional reforms proposed by the president.
The two demos were organized in the same area, which is known as “Freedom Square” located in front of the Cabinet. Worth noting that during the last two months, human rights activists, and members of parliament, and even journalists were subjected to violence and attacks by unidentified individuals during such demonstrations at the “freedom Square”.
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