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FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT:
 YEMEN: POLICE RAID PAPER, WOUND THREE
This morning (13 May) police surrounded and opened fire on the office of Yemen's leading independent daily, the latest target of the government's crackdown on the media, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and other IFEX members.  Click
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