Journalist shortlisted for human rights award is jailed
Posted
by
Julie Tomlin
on 9 June 2008
at 13:48
Tags: Journalism
A leading journalist in Yemen has been sentenced to six years in prison just days before he was due to attend Amnesty International’s media awards ceremony in London.
Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, the former editor of Yemen’s political weekly newspaper Al-Shora, was sentenced to six years imprisonment on Monday after being convicted by the Specialised Criminal Court [...]
Tags: Journalism
