Yemen: Organisations appeal for death sentences of four journalists to be overturned
Over 150 NGOs from around the world call for the death sentences of four Yemeni journalists to be overturned.
“Doctors, nurses and facts are lifesavers”: Three women journalists on press freedom during COVID-19
Exiled journalists from Azerbaijan, Bahrain and Yemen speak to ICORN about the challenges of reporting the truth when governments are using the pandemic to justify surveillance and impose harder restrictions on the press.
Journalists are disappearing in Houthi-controlled Yemen
As the conflict in Yemen between Houthi forces and the Saudi-Emirati coalition continues, rights groups call for an end to the abduction, torture, and trial of Yemeni journalists.
Yemen: Over 75 organisations call for mandate of Group of Eminent Experts to be renewed, emphasising violations against human rights defenders
Among the many victims of the Yemen war are human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and activists. We encourage the GEE to ensure that upcoming reports increase the focus on the ongoing attacks by all the parties to the conflict specifically perpetrated against human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and Internet activists.
Yemen: Twenty journalists abducted since 2015
Most of these 20 journalists were kidnapped by either government forces or non-government forces and, in most cases, their families lack precise information about where they are being held or what has happened to them.
Yemen: Journalist Yahya al-Sawari arrested and held incommunicado
The journalist was reportedly arrested while trying to interview protesters injured by forces aligned with the Saudi-led coalition.
South Yemeni separatists ransack state news agency ‘Saba’ in Aden
Men armed with knives entered the agency’s offices, tore up posters and threatened journalists; no-one was injured.
CPJ calls on Yemeni government to ensure that the rights of all journalists are respected
CPJ has reported on the climate of fear and intimidation in areas under both government and Houthi control.
IFJ demands release of tortured Yemeni journalists
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate has confirmed that the group of journalists abducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) in 2015 have been tortured.
10 Yemeni journalists abducted by Houthis face specialised terrorism court
The IFJ urges the UN special envoy to “bring their full authority and the powerful array of legal tools at their disposal to demand the immediate and non-negotiable release” of the abducted journalists.
Rights defenders Awfa Al-Na’ami and Alhassan Al-Qawtari arbitrarily detained
The rights defenders were both summoned by the Houthi-held National Security Office in Sana’a for a meeting, were arrested on arrival and held incommunicado without having access to their families or a lawyer.
Yemeni cameraman killed and journalist wounded in bomb attack
Journalist Faisal Al-Dhahbani said that he and cameraman Ziad al-Sharaabi went to a restaurant to have dinner where a nearby motorcycle exploded, killing al-Sharaabi and six other civilians while injuring many more.
Yemeni journalist Sabri Bin Makhashin still in prison more than a month after criticising governor
An appeal from Makhashin’s family five days after his detention stated that his health had already suffered as a result of poor conditions in prison and his ongoing hunger strike.
Yemen: Radio station attacked, killing four people; Mwatana researcher released
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike targeted Radio Hodeidah, killing at least four people, and field research assistant Kamal Al-Shawish was released.
Saudi airstrike hits Yemeni radio station
CPJ strongly condemns the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition’s recent airstrike on a Yemeni radio station.
Houthis detain at least three more journalists in late June and early July
The Houthis detained at least three current and former Yemeni journalists.