Activist in Aden shot dead by unknown gunmen
Local sources have reported that unknown militants killed the young activist, Amjad Abdulrahman Mohammed, after they stormed an Internet cafe in the city of Sheikh Osman, opening fire on him, and then run away.
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Journalist al-Majidi threatened at gunpoint during attempt to loot his car
Unknown gunmen on Sunday held the journalist Abdel Aziz al-Majidi at gunpoint in front of his home in the city of Taiz in a failed attempt to loot his car after they smashed his car window and stole some things inside.
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Women Journalists Without Chains on World Press Day: Press freedom in Yemen is at its worst
This year’s World Press Freedom Day, which falls on May 3 of each year, comes at a time when press freedom in Yemen has been at its worst since 1990 due to increasing dangers and challenges it faces. The war waged by the Houthi militia and ousted President Ali Saleh's forces has led to hundreds of journalists being killed, tortured, forcibly disappeared, arrested, abducted and etc.
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Participants in WJWC’s forum call for release of all journalists detained in militia prisons
In a forum entitled “Under Repression… the State of Press Freedoms in Yemen”, participants have stressed the need to release journalists being held captive in prisons of Saleh-Houthi militias.
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Women Journalists Without Chains on World Press Day: Press freedom in Yemen is at its worst
(Press Releases)
03 May 2017
This year’s World Press Freedom Day, which falls on May 3 of each year, comes at a time when press freedom in Yemen has been at its worst since 1990 due to increasing...
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Women Journalists Without Chains strongly condemns death sentence against Journalist, al-Jubaihi
(Press Releases)
12 April 2017
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) expresses its strong condemnation of today’s death sentence against the journalist, Yahya Abdel Raqib al-Jubaihi.
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Women Journalists Without Chains holds militias responsible for abducted journalists’ safety
(Press Releases)
01 April 2017
Women Journalists Without Chains(WJWC) is following with great concerned psychological and physical torture against journalists being held captive in private jails in...
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WJWC’s report: Over two hundred violations against journalists and media workers in Yemen during 2016
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has released 2016’s report on the situation of press freedom in Yemen.
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