Yemen's Youth Revolution
The outbreak of the Youth Revolution in Yemen on 3 February 2011 effected Yemen Observer, too. Particularly critical articles on the policy of Ali Abdullah Saleh and the often violent and brutal crackdows on peaceful unarmed demonstrators brought trouble to the journalists.
Afrah Nasser particularly had been targeted at after she was pointed as one of the world's most read and rewarded young female bloggers by Time in March 2011 - her blog included several critical articles spreading her views on the lack of democracy and prosperity in Yemen. Soon after Afrah got death threatening calls by telephone. This repeated until she left for Sweden for conferences and courses for young reporters organised by Global Voices Network mid June 2011. Her family got targeted too in a phone call she received in Stockholm which prompted her to seek asylum in that country.
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