| Yemeni security authorities imposed restrictions yesterday on media coverage of the trial of 14 people charged with terrorism offenses, denying journalists access to the courtroom. Reporters working for local and international media were prevented from attending the hearing and were only briefed after the session by one of the defense lawyers. The lawyer, Muhammad Naji Allaw, said the ban was not imposed by the court, but rather by security authorities. âIt is not the decision of the court. Security authorities are acting beyond the courtâs orders,â he said, adding that such restrictions would âraise doubts on the fairness of the trial procedures.â The defendants face various charges, some of them with involvement in the October 2002 bombing of a French supertanker off the southeastern coast of Yemen. |