Two British and two American journalists were taken from their house in Sana'a shortly after dawn and told to leave Yemen
Tom Finn and WL Webb in Sana'a
guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 March 2011
"Yemen has begun a clampdown on western media, arresting and deporting four foreign journalists who had been covering government attacks on protesters in which seven people were killed over the weekend.
The journalists were taken from their house in Sana'a shortly after dawn, when police from the interior ministry forced their way into the building and confiscated their mobile phones and passports.
They were held for three hours at the immigration centre in Sana'a before being told to pack their bags and leave the country immediately.
The four, all young freelancers for American newspapers, included two US citizens – Haley Sweetland Edwards, who writes for the Los Angeles Times, and Joshua Maricich, a photographer – and two Britons – Portia Walker, who writes for the Washington Post, and Oliver Holmes, who writes for the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine.
Speaking from Sana'a airport, Holmes, 24, said he had not been given an explanation for the deportation but suspected it was because of their recent reporting of the attacks on protesters....."
Tom Finn and WL Webb in Sana'a
guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 March 2011
"Yemen has begun a clampdown on western media, arresting and deporting four foreign journalists who had been covering government attacks on protesters in which seven people were killed over the weekend.
The journalists were taken from their house in Sana'a shortly after dawn, when police from the interior ministry forced their way into the building and confiscated their mobile phones and passports.
They were held for three hours at the immigration centre in Sana'a before being told to pack their bags and leave the country immediately.
The four, all young freelancers for American newspapers, included two US citizens – Haley Sweetland Edwards, who writes for the Los Angeles Times, and Joshua Maricich, a photographer – and two Britons – Portia Walker, who writes for the Washington Post, and Oliver Holmes, who writes for the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine.
Speaking from Sana'a airport, Holmes, 24, said he had not been given an explanation for the deportation but suspected it was because of their recent reporting of the attacks on protesters....."
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