Yemen. Journalists, human rights advocates protest blocking SMS news services

Journalists, human rights activists and politicians staged a sit-in on Tuesday in front of the Yemeni Cabinet building in what’s being called “Freedom Square.” The Yemen Times reports.

"The sit-in falls within a framework of demonstrations staged to protest the blocking of SMS news services from Nass Mobile and Without Chains Mobile, as well as blocking Aleshteraki.net, Al-Shoura.net and Al-Umah.net web sites.

Ahmed Saif Hashed, head of Parliament’s Rights and Freedoms Committee, alleges that the Yemeni government is afraid of such news services because they are able to reach ordinary citizens while the authority attempts to impose one policy and wants its voice heard."

emily | 12:09 PM | SMS and Politics |
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