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Spotlight: Yemen

Houthis detain outspoken Yemeni activist Hisham al-Omeisy

Houthis detain outspoken Yemeni activist Hisham al-Omeisy

20 August 2017
Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Al-Omeisy, 38, has been an important voice in Yemen. He has used social media, tweeting in English and Arabic, to report on and analyze events in real-time, including airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition supporting the government of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

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    Shawqi Hussein, a reporter for the broadcaster Al-Maseerah, and cameraman Kamal al-Kabsi were injured in an airstrike on July 30, 2017, in the Shabwa province town of Bayhan, Yahya al-Kabsi, a graphic designer in Al-Maseerah's Beirut office, told CPJ.

    ‎ Committee to Protect Journalists‎ 6 August 2017

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  • NGOs demand release of journalists held by Huthi forces in Yemen

  • NGOs demand release of journalists held by Huthi forces in Yemen

    The Huthi and allied forces should immediately and unconditionally release ten Yemeni journalists detained arbitrarily without charge or trial, said nine NGOs, on the second anniversary of their detention.

    ‎ ARTICLE 19, Committee to Protect Journalists, Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Index on Censorship, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders‎14 June 2017

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