Press Statement

Sighting the recent attack against the vehicle of yemenportal.net in Sana’a, and given the fact that the attackers are at large and the ban is still in place, it was decided that the risk is too high to maintain presence for the website in Yemen and hence the office there is -starting today- closed and hence, there will be no represenative for the website in Yemen.

This will remain the case until the perpatrators are brought to justice and the website is unblocked by the authorities.

The longer the website remains banned, the more obvious becomes the fact that the authorities are clear and insistent on their continuous targeting of it. This sends a signal to the public that the website is blacklisted and should be seen with a negative perspective. It is unfortunate that we had to take the decision to close the office down, but it is simply to avoid any potential violence or confrontations.

Walid Al-Saqaf

Admin, YemenPortal.net