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A police officer is seen in Hodeidah, Yemen, on February 13, 2019. Military police recently arrested and released three journalists in Taiz. (Reuters/Abduljabbar Zeyad)

Yemeni authorities arrest, release 3 journalists

August 23, 2019 4:00 PM EDT

New York, August 23, 2019 — Yemeni authorities should cease arresting journalists and making the dangerous work of Yemen’s press even more difficult, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.