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Gunmen assault Belqees TV correspondent in Marib

Istanbul-based Belqees TV’s reporter has been subjected to severe assault by unknown gunmen in Marib province, east of Yemen.

Journalist Mohsen abducted by Houthi militia

Abdul Rahim Mohsen, a journalist, was abducted by the Houthi militia from al-Raheda, a town east of Taiz province, on Tuesday afternoon.

Afrah Nasser named among 2017 International Press Freedom Winners, WJWC congratulates

Yemeni Belqees TV has has strongly condemned in a statement the incitement against its staff members in Aden, the interim capital Yemen, accusing certain parties in the city of being behind the assault.

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WJWC condemns abduction of Karman, Omar and Kahla, demanding immediate release of all abductees (Press Releases) 16 August 2017
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) strongly condemns abduction and enforced disappearance of Mohammed Abdel Salam Karman, Omar Yassin Abdel Aziz and Abdel Rahman...
WJWC congratulates Afrah Nasser on being among 2017 International Press Freedom Winners (Press Releases) 19 July 2017
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has congratulated journalist Afrah Nasser on 2017 International Press Freedom Prize.
Abducted Journalists transferred to criminal court, WJWC voices concerns (Press Releases) 19 July 2017
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) voices deep concern after ten Yemeni journalists abducted by the Houthi militia were transferred to the Specialized Criminal...

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Houthis kidnap pro-journalist in Sanaa

16 September 2017

The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate said that it had received information from fellow journalists saying that the journalist Abed al-Mahthari, the editor of the Al-Diyar weekly newspaper, had been kidnapped by the Houthis-Saleh militants in Sanaa.

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Participants in WJWC’s forum call for release of all journalists detained in militia prisons

23 April 2017

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.