May 31, 2007
Yemen Times: Aleshteraki.net reported that an Arab satellite channel is investigating allegations that its Sana’a correspondent is receiving money from the Yemeni government in return for presenting the government’s view on the Sa’ada war.It added, “Information leaked by the Yemeni Armed Forces indicates that Yemeni correspondents for some Arab channels have received money in return for not speaking about the war in Sa’ada or for reflecting the state’s viewpoint.â€
The source maintained that three Yemeni correspondents, including one for a Gulf channel, have received YR 50,000 daily from several military units’ financial departments since the war erupted in January.
Yemeni and Arab viewers of satellite channels and media outlets find it strange that the fourth Sa’ada war hasn’t received its due coverage; however, journalists allege that Yemeni authorities have prevented them from making field coverage of the war there.
However when patronage doesn't work, and it doesn't with a few couragous Yemeni journalists, the Yemeni regime resorts to brutality, censorship and/or judicial penalities for bogus charges.
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