The Sana’a-based association of abductees’ mothers on Monday held a protest in front of the United Nations Office in the militia-held capital, Sana'a, in conjunction with the visit of UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, demanding the release of their sons kidnapped by the militias of Houthis and ousted president.

Yemen Press – A schoolboy has been brutally assaulted and tortured by a school’s principal in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa.

Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) has reiterated demand for immediate release of 17 journalists abducted by the militias of Houthis and ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and of the colleague Mohammed al-Moqri al-Qaeda has kidnapped for more than a year and three months in southern port city of Mukalla.

Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) has strongly condemned the continued and systematic violations against the abducted colleagues, holding the de facto authority represented by the militias of Houthis and ousted president Ali Saleh fully responsible for their lives and calling for their immediate release and taking them to hospitals for treatment.

The team responsible for the death case of journalist Mohammed Abdu Al Absi has demanded not to share or deal with any fabricated or leaked information in this regard in order to preserve the integrity of procedures and results, explaining that statements from any source or individual other than the team members are unreliable.

A checkpoint of Aden’s Security Belt on Sunday morning intercepted a bus owned by “The Daily News” newspaper, assaulted on the chew aboard who were on their way to distribute Sunday’s edition, and held them for hours while their bus and large number of copies were confiscated, according to Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS).

Istanbul-based Belqees TV has reported that its correspondent in Yemen’s Taiz province, Fawaz al-Hammadi, has escaped an attempted murder by gunmen in the city.

The Houthi militia taking over Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, today decided to stop six employees working for the militia-controlled official institution of Al-Thawrah for Press and Printing, and bring them to the public prosecution against the backdrop of demands for wage entitlements.

The IFJ has welcomed calls by Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, for a thorough independent inquiry into the death of investigative reporter Mohammed al-Absi in Yemen.