The Media Freedoms Observatory in Yemen released its monthly report “Infographic” on the status of media freedoms and the arbitrary practices against journalists and media outlets, documented (21) cases of of violations during the month of August 2024.
The violations recorded by the Observatory have varied 2 cases arrests, and 1case Detention,and 10 cases
Threats and 8 cases the Tow prosecution of journalist over media activit.
The Observatory recorded violations in the governorates of Sana’a, Shabwa, Taiz, Imran.
The report pointed out the parties committed such violations, are the Houthi group committed 15 case,
the Yemeni government 6 cases,
Threats and Interrogation of Journalists
Parties to the conflict in Yemen continue to impose restrictions and censorship on the work of male and female journalists, subjecting them to questioning, accountability, and prosecution by entities not authorized to handle media-related cases.
In Shabwah Governorate, the Ataq Primary Prosecution interrogated four journalists following a complaint filed by the local Media Office, affiliated with local authority in Shabwah. The Office accused the journalists of practicing their profession unlawfully and imposed several conditions on them, including a requirement to provide the Office with all reports before publication. This is considered an arbitrary act against journalists and lacks any clear legal basis in the laws governing journalistic work.
In Sana’a Governorate, Ahmed Rassae, the Chairman of the Board of the Al-Thawra Foundation for Press, Printing and Publishing (which is known to be under the Houthis control), took alarming actions against ten journalists working at the Foundation. He threatened them with arrest and brought in members of the security and intelligence services to intimidate them with threats of detention and dismissal from their jobs, promising to replace them with other employees if they continued to demand their rights.
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