The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) renewed the call for the immediate release of all kidnapped journalists in jails of the militias of the Iran-baked Houthi group and ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, stressing that the international community should not keep silent about the maltreatment and inhumane conditions Yemen’s detained journalists are suffering from in detention.

The family of the detained journalist, Abdul Khaliq Imran, has voiced concern about his deteriorating health condition after it was reported that he suffers from severe spinal pain, while the Houthi militias refuse to transfer him to hospital for treatment.

The United nation agency, UNESCO, today condemned the killing of Yemeni journalist, Awab Al Zubairi, in a landmine explosion in the southwestern city of Taiz, calling for measures to improve the safety of journalists in Yemen.

Yemeni journalists abducted in prisons of Houthis and ousted president Saleh have made a distress call to save the detained fellow journalist Abdul Khaliq Imran who is suffering from spinal pain.

"Three-member crew working for Sky News Arabia survived death on Wednesday after a landmine exploded nearby while they were filming a demining of landmines planted by militiamen of Houthis and ousted president Saleh in Al Jahmaliya neighborhood, east of Taiz.

A number of families in Ibb province held a protest on Tuesday morning to demand the release of their members kidnapped and forcibly disappeared by militias of Houthis and ousted president Saleh.

Houthi militia and ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh have refused to transfer journalist Abdul Khaliq Imran to hospital after having a spinal injury due to exposure to torture in prison since over a year.

Photojournalist Awab Al Zubairi on Friday was killed in an explosion of booby-trapped building in one of the eastern neighborhoods of the city of Taiz.

An armed group has subjected journalist Nezar Al Khalid to harassment, attempted arrest, abuse and defamation on Baghdad Street in Yemen’s militia-controlled capital Sanaa, Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) says.