Yemen: Huthis Must End the Prosecution of Journalists and Crackdown on Media

The Huthi de facto authorities are continuing to use repressive tactics to suppress the right to freedom of expression and media freedom, and silence peaceful dissent in areas under their control. In this statement, Amnesty International has examined the cases of three imprisoned journalists subjected to detention-related violations and unfair trials between 2015 and 2022, the case of a journalist who was arbitrarily detained for over a year and then released in December 2022, four other journalists who continued to face the death penalty following grossly unfair trial, and the crackdown on six radio stations by the Huthis in January 2022.

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