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IFJ demands release of tortured Yemeni journalists
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate has confirmed that the group of journalists abducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) in 2015 have been tortured.
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate has confirmed that the group of journalists abducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) in 2015 have been tortured.
The IFJ urges the UN special envoy to "bring their full authority and the powerful array of legal tools at their disposal to demand the immediate and non-negotiable release" of the abducted journalists.
The rights defenders were both summoned by the Houthi-held National Security Office in Sana'a for a meeting, were arrested on arrival and held incommunicado without having access to their families or a lawyer.
Journalist Faisal Al-Dhahbani said that he and cameraman Ziad al-Sharaabi went to a restaurant to have dinner where a nearby motorcycle exploded, killing al-Sharaabi and six other civilians while injuring many more.
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