Yousif al-Haj Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Oman sentences three journalists to prison

September 26, 2016 4:16 PM EDT

New York, September 26, 2016 – An Omani court today sentenced three journalists from the independent newspaper Azamn to prison and ordered the newspaper closed after it published allegations of judicial corruption, according to human rights groups and news reports.

CPJ joins call for Sultan of Oman to end persecution of Azamn journalists

August 24, 2016 9:00 AM EDT

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders today sent a letter to Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, to draw his attention to the prosecution of three journalists from the independent daily newspaper, Azamn.

Third journalist from Azamn newspaper arrested in Oman

August 10, 2016 5:22 PM EDT

Omani authorities arrested a third journalist from the independent newspaper Azamn on August 9, 2016, and ordered the paper to cease publishing, according to human rights groups and local news reports.