The Journalists and Media Professionals Association in Hodeidah held a protest in the city of Al-Khokha, south of Hodeidah, in protest against the kidnapping of journalist Hussam Ahmed Bakri, director of the media office in the Hays district and correspondent for Yemen Today Channel, by military forces.

Journalists and correspondents of news channels and websites in Taiz Governorate announced their refusal to attend the press conference called for by the local authority, in protest against what they described as the failed and misleading policies followed by the authorities in managing the governorate’s affairs.

The Media Freedom Observatory said on Sunday that it had documented 5 cases of violations committed against Yemeni journalists in areas controlled by the legitimate government, due to their media activity during the past month.

45 regional and local organizations concerned with freedom of opinion, expression and human rights called today, Saturday, for justice to be achieved, and for those responsible for all crimes against journalists and media activists in Yemen to be held accountable, and for them not to escape punishment.

Al Jazeera celebrates its 28th anniversary amidst unprecedented and heavy challenges, including the martyrdom of its journalists in the fields of coverage and threats of closure, while insisting and pledging to remain a platform for truth, transmitting stories and reality from everywhere with professionalism and excellence, as it has always accustomed its viewers to.

Three Lebanese journalists were killed and three others were injured, on Friday morning, in an Israeli bombardment that targeted their residence in the town of Hasbaya in the Nabatieh Governorate in the south of the country.