The Freedom Foundation for Media Freedom, Rights & Development, Yemen based, followed up closely the issue of threats targeted the correspondent of BBC TV (Arabic Service) in Yemen, Abdullah Ghorab, which reached in some cases to threat of killing in a dangerous move discloses bad intentions in the continuing repression of the media and put media freedoms in critical situation.
According to Mr.Ghorab "I received many physical assaults and more than 23 threats some of them killing threats, kidnapping threats and abduction of my children and threats to cut my tongue out", which all these threats considered crimes against the media rights and freedom.
The Freedom Foundation is expressing a deep concern over the suffering of Ghorab and carry the security agencies full responsibility for anything could happen to Ghorab and demanding protection for him as well as reveal who is behind these threats which has been going on for several months.
Abdullah Ghorab informed us that he has many material evidences against the perpetrators of these threats, so we demand quick stop them, to prevent those accused behind these threats from committing more attacks against Ghorab and put his life and his family in real risk.
As we call on security agencies to stop these violations against media, we call on them to speed up their procedures so that we do not have to file a lawsuit in court against the perpetrators and those who may stand behind them.
We are not here pointing fingers out of accusing anyone but we are completely concern of possible connive with the perpetrators and we blame the security services for failing in its duty towards the protection of citizens.
We stress our demand to quickly take urgent and rapid intervention to stop the threats facing Ghorab and to prevent repeat targeting the media, who become an easy target for the upset of media coverage in a country where real freedom of expression and media freedom should guaranteed.