Yemen intensifies media clampdown

A series of actions by the Yemeni authorities have alarmed the country's journalists. Two newspapers, the monthly Abwab and the weekly Al-Sabbah, have been banned. The website run by the main opposition group, the Yemeni Socialist Party, has been blocked since March 12, provoking condemnation. A news website, Yemenportal.net, has been blocked for two months. In addition, Nayef Hassan, editor of the daily Al-Sharea, and freelance journalist Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani are being prosecuted for publishing reports "liable to undermine army morale." (Via Reporters without Borders)