Human Rights Watch: In Yemen, Journalism Can Be a Capital Offense
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
October 15 was supposed to be a happy day for the families of imprisoned Yemeni journalists Abdul-Khaleq Amran, Akram al-Walidi, Hareth Humaid and Tawfiq al-Mansouri. A prisoner exchange deal was set to take place between the Houthi armed group and the internationally recognized government of Yemen in which more than a thousand people were to be released.
The families had longed for years to be r . . .
October 15 was supposed to be a happy day for the families of imprisoned Yemeni journalists Abdul-Khaleq Amran, Akram al-Walidi, Hareth Humaid and Tawfiq al-Mansouri. A prisoner exchange deal was set to take place between the Houthi armed group and the internationally recognized government of Yemen in which more than a thousand people were to be released.
The families had longed for years to be r . . .