Two Yemeni YouTubers and a producer jailed by Huthi rebels for publishing videos critical of the Iran-backed insurgents have received pardons, according to the group s official media.
AL-MUKALLA: The Houthis have freed three Internet activists in Sanaa as their forces stepped up arrests in the city of Ibb following a rare demonstration against the militia. Houthi media reported on Monday that their leader, Mahdi Al-Mashat, “pardoned” Mustafa Al-Mawmari, Hamoud Al-Mesbahi and Ahmed Hajjar, two weeks after they were sentenced to jail for undermining security
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AL-MUKALLA: A Houthi-controlled court in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, sentenced four Yemeni YouTubers to different prison sentences on Tuesday and shut down their internet channels after accusing them of inciting the public against the militia, rekindling indignation against the Yemeni militia and their habit of punishing dissidents through courts.