Yemen’s Houthis abduct at least 4 journalists, jail another for criticism of leader
Washington, D.C., June 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Houthi rebels’ abduction of at least four Yemeni journalists and media workers in the western port city of Hodeidah, and the sentencing of journalist Mohamed Al-Miyahi to 1½ years in jail for criticizing the group’s leader. Local press freedom groups said those abducted between May…
Yemeni authorities arrest journalist Awad Kashmeem in Hadramout
Washington, D.C., April 18, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns Wednesday’s arrest of Yemeni journalist Awad Kashmeem, head of the Freedoms Committee at the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate’s Hadramout branch, by local authorities in the country’s eastern Hadramout governorate. “We are deeply concerned about the arrest of Awad Kashmeem in Yemen. His latest detention is…
CPJ alarmed by disappearance of Yemeni journalist Naseh Shaker
New York, December 1, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by the disappearance of Yemeni journalist Naseh Shaker and calls on the Southern Transitional Council (STC), the de facto authority in southern Yemen, to disclose his whereabouts. Shaker was last heard from on November 19, when he spoke to his mother at around…
Two French journalists flee Yemeni island of Socotra after questioning, house arrest
On May 28, 2023, five armed soldiers and three police chiefs on the Yemeni island of Socotra arrested freelance journalist Quentin Müller and Sylvain Mercadier, co-founder and director of the independent Iraqi news website The Red Line, at their apartment, according to tweets by Müller and Mercadier, who communicated with CPJ via email. The authorities…
Yemeni journalist Mohammed al-Yezidi faces charges, arrest attempts in Hadramout; goes into hiding
Authorities in Hadramout Governorate, Yemen, in late September 2020 threatened to file a number of charges against Yemeni journalist Mohammed al-Yezidi, and he went into hiding after unknown individuals twice tried to abduct or detain him, al-Yezidi told CPJ via messaging app. Authorities in Hadramout—who are aligned with the Yemeni government—repeatedly attempted to arrest al-Yezidi,…