Journalists in Yemen want more training [Archives:2002/21/Local News]

Under the motto of Yemeni Journalism: Where are the Defects in the Law? the Yemeni Center for Strategic Studies and the Alayyam daily newspaper organized a seminar on the future of journalism in Yemen.
A working paper presented by the Alayyam daily newspaper focused mainly on the future of journalism in Yemen.
Undoubtedly, free journalism in Yemen is a right, as it should be for every nation to know everything about his country. Journalism signifies everything taking place in our country has to be published, the working paper said.
Those who are silenced not to tell the truth are considered to be the enemies of expression of freedom particularly democracy. They are considered to be supporters of despotism, corruption, dictatorship and oppression, said the paper.
The Deputy Information Minister, Mohammed Shaher said that there has been a lot of talk at the Information Ministry concerning the closure of some newspapers and that in most cases it was a fault of journalists.
Several media men talked during the seminar about freedom of journalism. Participants demanded to amend the press law in order to help the democratic development in Yemen.

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