YJS welcomes president directions on journalism

SANA’A, May 31 (Saba)- Yemeni Journalists Syndicate welcomed on Monday directions of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to review the law of journalism and develop it to give more freedom of expression and abolish imprisonment punishment against journalists for opinion issues. In its remark, the syndicate said these directions responded to requirements of all press family. The syndicate hoped that the concerned bodies in the government and the Parliament would put these directions in force with the participation of the syndicate, confirming the importance of the syndicate participation in making any amendment on the laws regarding journalism. Meanwhile, Chairman of the General Union of Arab Journalists Ibrahim Na’fe welcomed the instructions of the president Saleh, describing it as an imitative of reform to deepen freedom of journalism in Arab countries. AH/NS SABA