Will Obama keep Yemeni journalist in jail?

May 8th, 2013

The president of Yemen says journalist Abdul-Elah Haidar Shaye should be released from jail. Will Barack Obama stand between the reporter and freedom? Iona Craig reports

Cartoonist Kamal Sharaf shows Shaye locked up while US Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein looks on holding the keys. The text says: Freedom for the Journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye

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Yemen: Shaye commences hunger strike

February 14th, 2012

The pardoned journalist has been imprisoned for one year at the request of the US administration. Iona Craig reports
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Obama intervention puts Yemen reporter in jail

February 7th, 2011

Journalist Abdul-Elah Haidar Shaye should have been released from prison as part of concessions to protesters in Yemen. But a phonecall from the US president has kept him behind bars. Iona Craig reports
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Yemen: Press freedom a distant hope

October 27th, 2010

A Yemeni journalist accused of advising an Al-Qaeda cleric alleges he was kidnapped and tortured by the state. Iona Craig reports
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