Yemen Observer
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The Yemen Observer (
Today, it has become the first English-speaking publishing house of the country, actively supporting Yemen in its socio-economic transition.
It also launched magazine Yemen Today is the most dynamic branch of the Publishing House, promoting investment and tourism in Yemen, a country which has promising potential in this field.
2006 cartoon thumbnails and blasphemy trial
On 4 February 2006, the Yemen Observer published two articles on
On 11 February 2006, former chief editor
During the trial and for nearly six months afterward, the Yemen Observer had its license to publish suspended by Yemen's Ministry of Information, but its staff continued to produce material and publish it on the paper's website.
Yemen's Revolution
The outbreak of the Yemeni revolution in Yemen on 3 February 2011 affected the Yemen Observer, too. Particularly critical articles on the policy of Ali Abdullah Saleh and the often violent and brutal crackdowns on unarmed demonstrators brought trouble to the journalists.
See also
External links
- Yemen Observer official website(Outdated link)
- Yemen Today official website(Outdated link)
- Call to reinstate papers closed in cartoon row – by Brian Whitaker, Guardian Unlimited, 11 February 2006
- Yemen Journalists Fight Cartoon Crackdown – by Nabil Sultan, Inter Press Service, 22 February 2006
- Yemen editor 'faces death calls' – a BBC News report, 8 March 2006
- Lawyers Demand Capital Penalty for Al-Asadi and Observer Close – a Yemen Observer report, 8 March 2006