Abed Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi

New York, April 9, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of Raymond Lidal, a Norwegian freelance journalist who has been detained in Yemen for nearly two weeks, according to his friend and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lidal’s case was not publicly reported until Wednesday night.

Beirut, March 18, 2015–Two gunmen today shot dead an award-winning journalist and politician outside his house in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, local and international news outlets reported. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder.