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.

February Revolution has represented a landmark in the history of Yemen and put Yemeni people on the right path, said the human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkol Karman.

Amin al-Shafaq, a youth activist, was released on Friday after he had been abducted for 487 days by the Houthi militia.

In the wake of autopsy results indicating that investigative journalist Mohamed Al-Absi was poisoned, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an independent and impartial investigation to establish all the circumstances of his death and to bring those responsible to justice.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) condemns the assault on a group of journalists working for al-Thawra Institution for Press, Printing and Publishing when Houthi militiamen opened fire on them during a sit-in staged on Wednesday to protest against non-payment of their monthly financial incentives by the militia-controlled institution.

The Houthi militia on Wednesday resorted to violence to break up a group of journalists coming together to protest over their unpaid wages next to their work place in the rebel-held capital Sana’a

A member of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate YJS has been assaulted by a guard working for a senior official in the Marib province’s traffic department after he had been threatened by the same person who also confiscated some of his personal belongings.

Forensic medical report today revealed that the death of 35-year-old investigative journalist, al-Absi, was a direct result of poisoning.

Mansour Assamadi, an editor at the Houthi-controlled official newspaper of Al Thawrah, has reported he was subjected to threats from an unknown caller in the rebel-held capital Sanaa.

The news website alrasefpress.net has been penetrated and hacked by the Houthi militia and ousted president Ali Saleh, according to the website management.

A Yemeni journalist has been pursued and arrested by the criminal investigation unit under control of the Iran-backed Houthi militia and ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen’s capital, according to Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS).

Almasdaronline – Abductees’ Mothers on Thursday held a protest in front of the political security headquarters in Yemen’s militia-held capital Sanaa to demand the release of their kidnapped sons.