Yemen Youth TV correspondent, Abdul Aziz al-Dubhani, was subjected to shrapnel wounds on Wednesday while covering clashes between government forces and the Houthi militia backed by forces loyal to ousted president Ali Saleh in the east of Taiz.

Two children were shot dead by a Houthi militant at a militia-controlled checkpoint in Hubaish district to the north of Ibb city, while another child was tortured to death by her relative in Jiblah district to the south of the city, said a local source.

Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) has condemned the detention of the journalist Nabil al-Sa’fani at a security point in Marib located in the east of Yemen.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) condemns in the strongest possible terms the crime the Houthi militia and forces loyal to ousted president Ali Saleh committed today when they fired a mortar shell at a gathering of journalists while covering battles in areas to the east of Taiz province, resulting in the killing of photojournalists Wael al-Absi and Taqi al-Din al-Huthaifi and the media activist Sa’ad al-Nidhari, the amputation of the leg of Walid al-Qadasi and the injury of Salah al-Din al-Wahbani; all of them have been working for local media.

Three journalists were killed and two others were injured this morning after being targeted by a mortar shell fired by the Houthi militia and forces loyal to ousted President Ali Saleh while covering the battles near Tashrifat camp to the east of the city of Taiz.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) condemns the threats of death and slaughter and accusations of infidelity and atheism against the female journalist Hanan Nasser by an unknown person who set a deadline for her repentance because she has been following up the cause of the assassinated activist Amjad Mohammed Abdulrahman who was accused of atheism.

Women Journalists without Chains has congratulated the journalist Muheeb Zoui on his win of Najiba Al Hamrouni Prize for Arab Journalism for his article published last year entitled "Yemeni women in the Face of Centralism".

The so-called security belt in Yemen’s interim capital, Aden, today released the journalist Hani al-Junaid, who- along with two others- was arrested on Tuesday.

Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate (YJS) has condemned the attack on Adel Abd al-Mughni, editor-in-chief of al-Wahdawi website.

A local source in Shabwa province located in the southeast of the country said that a journalist was interrogated and put in prison by order of the province governor against the background of the latter's participation in a protest rally against the so-called "Southern Transitional Council.

Gunmen dressed in military uniforms today kidnapped three journalists in the interim capital Aden in the south of the country.

A young activist was killed yesterday evening by unknown gunmen in Yemen’s temporarily capital, Aden.