Yémen - Houthi rebels pursue offensive against news media

Reporters sans frontières

A month after seizing the capital, Sanaa, and despite having signed a peace accord under UN aegis, Yemen's Houthi rebels are continuing to advance on the centre and south of the country, occupying the headquarters of news media on the way and arresting or kidnapping journalists. In one recent instance, five gunmen claiming to be members of the Houthi movement stormed into the premises of Aleshteraki – an online newspaper affiliated to the Socialist Party and located near its headquarters – (...)

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