Over 150 NGOs appeal for death sentences of four journalists to be overturned
Organisations which support human rights, press freedom and journalists are calling on United Nations mechanisms and member states to help save the lives of four
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Journalist Abdulhafez Al-Samadi released
Early on 04 May 2020, at 1:30 in the morning, journalist Abdulhafez Al-Samadi (pictured on the left), was released in Yemen and met with all members of his family for
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Four journalists appeal death sentence
On 22 April 2020, four journalists filed an appeal after being sentenced to death in Yemen on charges of spying and spreading false news. Six other journalists in the
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Journalist Mohammed Ali Al-Maqri must be released
According to reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), journalist Mohammed Ali Al-Maqri is suffering from deteriorating physical
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Four journalists sentenced to death
On 11 April 2020, a court in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, which is controlled by Houthi authorities, sentenced four journalists to death for spying, among ten
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Activists and journalists detained across the country
Civil society activists and journalists have been detained in various regions of Yemen by all parties to the current conflict, according to reports received from local
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Journalist Abdulhafez Al-Samadi in poor health and must be freed
According to reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the health of journalist Abdulhafez Al-Samadi has deteriorated while in detention and
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Journalist Sabri Salmeen Bin Makhashen prohibited from traveling to Cairo to join his family
Update: Yemen: On the evening of 28 December 2019, journalist Sabri Salmeen Bin Makhasein arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, from Sayoun International Airport
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Al-Sharea newspaper confiscated in Taiz after distributors arrested
The suffering of journalists and media institutions continues in Yemen where it is very difficult to work when the war is still raging. In the latest attack on media
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