Yemeni authorities released Fuad Rashid, editor-in-chief of the independent news website Mukalla Press, after being detained for almost 11 days.
Rashid was arrested in Hadramawt while he was covering street protests in the city of Al-Mukalla. He was taking photographs when he was detained along with a number of protesters.
On the other hand, Yemeni Journalists Syndicate welcomed the release of Rashid and urged in a statement Yemen's government to complete its commitment in the area of press freedom, as it considered the flow of information as pivotal role in the development process.
Lately, a Yemeni court sentenced Yemeni journalist and Al-Qaeda expert Abdul Elah Haidar, to five years in jail, after being accused of planning to carry out terrorist acts in Yemen.
Observers believe that press freedom in Yemen has come under attack as government argues that national security is more important than transparency.
Yemen has come among the ten countries with the worst press freedom records in the third world, ranking after Sudan and Syria, two Arab countries which 2010 World Press Freedom Index said have consistent policies of repressing dissent.
Press freedom in the countries holding the index's lower rankings is continuing to deteriorate, because they are most repressive towards journalists and lack effective media.