Death of Jamal al-Sharaabi
Death of Jamal al-Sharaabi, also known as Jamal Ahmad Al-Sharaabi, (Arabic: جمال احمد الشرعبي, c. 1976 - 18 March 2011) was a Yemeni photojournalist with the independent weekly, Al-Masdar, in Sana'a, Yemen.Jamal al-Sharaabi was the first journalist in Yemen to die while covering the 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution, which were part of the Arab Spring. He was one of 50 who were killed by Yemeni security forces, and 600 others were injured, during a demonstration against President Ali Abdullah Saleh held on March 18, 2011.
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