The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) has condemned the Houthi militia for arresting the media worker Ali al-Saqqaf, the photographer Abdul Hakim Abad and the two activists Ala’a al-Sha’afi and Kamal al-Shawesh in the port city of Hodeidah “on charges of working for al-Ghad al-Mushreq channel.”
In a statement issued today, Yemen’s affiliate of International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said that the Houthi militia violated the campus of Hodeidah University on Sunday morning, abducted the four men from Department of Press at Faculty of Arts and kept them in prison for a week.
The union pointed out that the crew was assigned to implement a social programme by the Yemeni channel of Al-Ghad Al-Mushreq in cooperation with Touch Magic Company for Television Production.
The YJS reiterated its refusal to harass media workers and deal with them as enemies, demanding an appropriate environment for press and media work.