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From the moment of their kidnapping until they won freedom and boarded the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plane, the freed journalists revealed a side of the hell they lived through for 8 years in the prisons of the terrorist Houthi militia. This came during a hearing organized by t

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Journalists freed from the prisons of the terrorist Houthi militia (Abdul Khaleq Omran, Tawfiq Al-Mansouri, Harith Hamid, and Akram Al-Walidi) revealed part of their suffering during their abduction in militia prisons for eight years.This came during testifying a session organized by the Yemeni Jo

AL-MUKALLA: Yemeni army commander Faisal Rajab was released by the Houthis on Sunday after eight years in captivity. In a ceremony attended by its leader and other senior officials in Sanaa, the Houthis released Maj. Gen. Rajab to a group of Yemeni tribal elders from Abyan, Shabwa and Al-Bayda who had traveled to the city to request his release. Abdulkader Al-Murtada, head of

The head of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform Party (the Islah), Professor Muhammad al-Yadumi, conducted a telephone conversation on Tuesday evening with the four journa

AL-MUKALLA: During prisoner exchange talks in Switzerland, Iran-backed Houthi delegates refused to consider the release of four journalists in their captivity who face the death penalty and refused to include their names in the expected swap deal with the government, two Yemeni officials told Arab News on Monday. Relatives of the journalists have asked Yemeni government

AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: The family of a Yemeni journalist taken captive by the Iran-backed Houthis has accused Houthi officials of torturing their son by beating him and placing him in solitary confinement, making another urgent plea to rights organizations and international mediators to persuade the militia to release him.

Twenty-one media violations have been recorded in the third quarter of 2022, according to a report published by the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, an International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)’ affiliate. The IFJ joins YJS in urging the Yemeni government and other armed groups to release all jailed journalists and to stop this crackdown on media and journalists.

Twenty-one media violations have been recorded in the third quarter of 2022, according to a report published by the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, an International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)’ affiliate. The IFJ joins YJS in urging the Yemeni government and other armed groups to release all jailed journalists and to stop this crackdown on media and journalists.

AL-MUKALLA: Yemen government officials and rights groups have urged the Iran-backed Houthis to stop torturing four abducted journalists held inside their prisons and to urgently send them to hospital as they are suffering from life-threatening diseases. Yemenis say that the Houthis have subjected the journalists to physical and psychological torture in detention, throwing them