A member of Yemeni Parliament, Ali Jusaed Al-Lahbi, from Ibb, for the ruling General People Congress party, asked Yemeni authorities to close Al-Jazeera's office in Sana'a.
He attributed that Al-Jazeera is running anti-unity stories which threaten Yemeni stability and security especially by covering events in southern provinces non-aligned.
He added that Al-Jazeera doesn't follow the Yemeni law of press and publications.
He said on the contrary, it breaks the law which prevents writing about anything that leads to the spread of ideas contrary to the principles of the Yemeni Revolution, prejudicial to national unity.
''Nowadays, Al-Jazeera became publicly criticized by Yemeni society, because it runs stories which Yemen's enemies completely exploit it especially the secessionists who aim to deform Yemen's image abroad'' he said.
Al-Lahbi, valued on Sunday legal procedures which ministry of information has been taken against Yemeni local newspapers which harm national unity.
Meanwhile, correspondents of Al-Jazeera channel in Sana'a office, Murad Hashim, and Ahmad al-Shalafi received threatens warning them to stop covering events in southern Yemen.
Also, Yemen Post received last week numerous threats for its coverage events.
In October 2007, Yemeni authorities threatened to close the Sana'a-based office of Al-Jazeera if the channel continue covering protests in Radfan in Lahj, southern Yemen.
In deed, the channel was faced problems with Yemeni authorities after 3 days of receiving warns.
As a matter of fact, not only Al-Jazeera was faced problems, but also 8 of local independent newspapers were prohibited, the mass circulation one is Al-Ayam.
Yemeni Journalists Syndicate has constantly condemned authoritarian threats against Al-Jazeera office in Sana’a and local independent newspapers over covering anti-government events.
The government’s special press court was established at the beginning of May at the suggestion of Minister of Justice Ghazi Shayef Al-Aghbari.
The decision was “not politically motivated, but purely professional.” As Al-Aghbari said, was approved by the Supreme Judicial Council.
In their reaction,
Tens of Yemeni journalists gathered in Yemeni Journalists Syndicate to express their protests about the press court which disappointed journalists and human rights activists both inside the country and around the world.
On the other hand, Yemeni forces dispersed on Sunday a rally of 200 people in Aden protesting the suspension of Al-Ayam newspaper which the government accuses of seeking to divide the Arabian peninsula country.
About 15 people of the newspaper employees were arrested in the rally.