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Yemen: Online news editor arrested

14 Jan 11 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost

State authorities have arrested Fouad Rashid, editor of the on-line news website Al- Mukalla. The former assistant editor of Al-Massila has been arrested before, on May 4 2009 he was held by police over his coverage of the protests in south Yemen. The journalist’s website covers the political situation in Southern Sudan, the south is voting in a referendum on secession from the north.

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