The Federation of Arab Journalist has condemned the "brutal
attack" against the state-run Al-Thawra newspaper and its staff after it
was attacked and surrounded by gunmen loyal to the outgoing President Ali
Abdullah Saleh.
FAJ considered this event as serious, asking the Yemeni concerned authorities
to immediately end the siege and arrest the armed groups.
For its part, the Yemeni Journalist Syndicate has strongly
condemned the siege of the state-run Al-Thawra newspaper and its staff on
Thursday after Saleh's photo was removed from the newspaper's front page.
YJS considered such incident is threat against Yemeni journalists,
demanding the Interior Ministry to immediately end the siege, arrest the armed
men and bring them to justice.
It further held the interim government and the military committee
responsible for protecting journalists of the newspaper.
YJS said that the armed men affiliated to Saleh and attempt to
raise turbulence and chaos with the aim of disturbing the early presidential
elections scheduled for February 21.
