Journalists killed in Yemen since 1992
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Press at risk as EU-based companies export surveillance software to hostile regimes
October 10, 2017 6:02 PM ET
In August, Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen told the daily newspaper Information that the government had authorized sales of online surveillance software to several Middle Eastern countries. While acknowledging the potential for human rights violations that could result from the use of these tools, the minister said that Denmark...
Unidentified armed group abducts local journalist in Yemen
August 24, 2017 5:47 PM ET
New York, August 24, 2017--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called for the immediate release of freelance journalist Abdel-Raheem Mohsin who was abducted on August 22 in southwestern Yemen near the city of Taiz....
Yemeni journalists injured in airstrike
August 3, 2017 11:14 AM ET
Shawqi Hussein, a reporter for the broadcaster Al-Maseerah, and cameraman Kamal al-Kabsi were injured in an airstrike on July 30, 2017, in the Shabwa province town of Bayhan, Yahya al-Kabsi, a graphic designer in Al-Maseerah's Beirut office, told CPJ....
Two journalists killed, two injured in Yemeni city of Taiz
May 30, 2017 4:48 PM ET
New York, May 30, 2017--The deaths of two journalists and the serious injury of two others in the Yemeni city of Taiz late last week are a grim reminder of the risks journalists face reporting on the two-year-old conflict, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Collapse of state institutions leaves Yemeni journalists vulnerable
April 24, 2017 5:40 PM ET
A journalist dies mysteriously in Yemen after receiving threats because of his work, and the resulting autopsy raises more questions than answers. A columnist in the same country is sentenced to death on espionage charges in an opaque trial....
Journalist killings ease from record highs as murders down, combat deaths up
December 19, 2016 12:00 AM ET
Deadly violence against the media eased in 2016 from recent record levels as the number of journalists singled out for murder declined. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser and Elisabeth Witchel...
At least one Yemeni journalist taken captive by Houthi forces
February 19, 2016 4:08 PM ET
New York, February 19, 2016 - Pro-Houthi forces took journalist Abdallah al-Minefi from his home in the city of Dhamar, roughly 50 miles south of Sanaa, late on Thursday, his employer reported. His current location is unknown....
Yemeni journalist killed in Taiz
February 17, 2016 4:55 PM ET
Embed from Getty Images Heavily damaged buildings are shown in the Yemeni city of Taiz on February 12, 2016. New York, February 17, 2016--Armed men in the central Yemeni city of Taiz fatally shot Ahmed al-Shaibani on Tuesday, according to his colleagues and employers....
CPJ urges full, independent investigation into killing of journalists in Yemen
February 2, 2016 5:42 PM ET
New York, February 2, 2016 - Investigations into the killing in Yemen of journalists and other civilians in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition should be thorough and impartial, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Two journalists missing, believed abducted in Yemen
January 21, 2016 2:57 PM ET
New York, January 21, 2016 - Two journalists and a driver have gone missing and are believed to have been abducted in the Yemeni city of Taiz, their respective employers reported today. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for their immediate release and for anyone with information on their...