Journalists reject the bill [Archives:2005/906/Front Page]

Amel Al-Ariqi & Mohammed Binsallam
SANA'A, Dec. 22 – Yemeni journalists unanimously rejected the press law draft proposed earlier by the Ministry of Information and now presented to the Shoura Council. The journalists in their assembly at the Yemeni Journalist Syndicate (YJS) last Thursday described the bill as “a new infraction to the freedom of speech or freedom of the press””. This rejection was announced after the long discussion of the bill at the YJS as a follow-up to the press law progress. They expressed their resentment to what they considered a gross attempt to impose more restraints on press. They also criticized the bill