almotamar-net - Ministry of Information has cancelled the licences of the Yemen Observer and Al-Ra'y al-Amm newspapers for republishing the Danish newspaper cartoons that abuse Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

An official source at the Ministry of Information said that the ministry issued a statement today canceling the licences of the two papers, andreferred their publishers and editors-in-chief- to the prosecutor of pressand publishing so that they can take the necessary action in this regard.The source said the ministry had based its decision on 1990 Law of Pressand Publishing No. 25 regarding the publishing of insulting images thatviolates Section A
of Article 103 of illegal publishing, which stipulates that no publication can cause damage to the Islamic belief and its sublimeprinciples, or degrade divine religions and human conventions.The official stressed that the ministry was committed to press freedom,and media .