Journalist and media activist Hala Fouad Badawy, who was arrested due to her reports and social media posts in December 2021, has been acquitted of all charges and released from prison. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) welcome the court’s decision and urge the Yemeni government and other armed groups to release all jailed journalists.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the many press freedom violations in the Yemeni province of Hadramout under Farag Al-Bahsani, who has just ended a five-year stint as its governor, and calls on his successor to ensure that journalists are protected.
Yemeni and international human rights organisations strongly condemn the Hadhramaut Province security authorities’ arbitrary arrest of journalist Hala Fouad Badawi. She has been imprisoned for more than a month.
Yemeni journalist and media activist Hala Fouad Badawi has been under detention since 30 December by Yemeni military intelligence command in Hadhramaut Governorate, in the country’s southeast. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate (YJS) condemn her arrest and urge the competent authorities to release her immediately.