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WJWC expresses disapproval of assault, abduction of 13 journalists

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has expressed disapproval of the attacks against reporters, journalists and cameramen working for local and international media outlets when covering student protests against the Houthi militias' coup. 

Houthi militias assaulted and detained the cameraman of al-Hurah TV, Mohammed Eidhah and seized his camera. They also seized a correspondent for Sky News Mohammed al-Qadhi along with the channel's cameramen. They released them later . 

The militias also attacked the cameramen of Reuters Khaled al-Mahdi, reporter for Suhail TV Hail al-Bakali, cameramen Mahir al-Hubaishi and Abdullah al-Rawhani and confiscated their cameras. They plus attacked Ali Ya'akoub al-Shara'abi, a cameraman of the Yemeni Digital Company. 

They detained the cameraman Yahya al-Suwari, confiscated his camera, attacked him with rifle's butts and took him into an unknown destination. They also assaulted the cameraman Mohammed al-Emad and forced him to delete all photos from his camera. 

Moreover, they assaulted the cameraman Taweeq al-Muslimi, the activist Adel Shamsan, the journalists Haitham al-Shibab and Abdullah al-Sama'ae. 

While WJWC denounces these cruel violations made against journalists and media practitioners, it expresses solidarity with all those who were violated and abused during performing journalism missions. 

WJWC considers these violations a serious indication which endangers freedoms of expression, pointing out that these armed militias took over the states and crack down journalists and media practitioners with the aim of concealing truths. 

It said that repressions and attacks made against journalists are a real war staged by the Houthis against freedoms of opinions and expressions, calling local and international human rights organizations to unite against these practices.

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