Families of the detained journalists at Habah jail in Sana'a City have said that the journalists who have been in a hunger strike since June 9 have expressed amazing over the disappearance of their sons from Habrah Jail, pointing out that their health deteriorated and they should be taken to hospital.
The text of the statement:
While we waiting for the release of our sons who have been in a hunger strike for 18 months, we were astonishing as they were disappeared from Habrah Jail and transferred into an unknown destination. Their health requires to be taken into hospital immediately.
The health of our sons is deteriorating day by day while the Houthis continue torturing them and preventing them from being visited.
We hold the Houthis fully responsible for the lives and safety of the journalists who are in a hunger strike. We demand to ascertain their fate, take them into hospital without delay and release them.
We renew our demand to the United Nations and its Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and the delegation of Yemen's internationally recognized government's delegation to Kuwait's talks and liberals of the world to move forward to save the lives of the journalists who have been in a hunger strike since May 09, 2016.