http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Press court drops lawsuits for 8 cases involving 33 journalists [The Source: sana'a/ hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 08/06/2010] The Court of Press and Publications dropped on Tuesday lawsuits for eight cases involving 33 journalists

This came within the implementation of the presidential pardon decision on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Unification Day.Minister of Justice Ghazi al-Aghbari told Saba that this decision included 33 journalists, who have been brought to trial before the court on charges of harming the national unity, inciting regionalism and insulting statutory bodies and disseminating false information to weaken the armed forces."All legal actions have been taken with regard to the sentences issued against the journalists to drop these sentences according to the decision of the presidential pardon", al-Aghbari added.