Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was “appalled” at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court in Yemen’s rebel-held capital. The court in Sanaa, which is controlled by Iran-backed Huthi insurgents, on Thursday found Yahya al-Jubaihi guilty of spying for neighbouring Saudi Arabia. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it was the … Read more

Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was “appalled” at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court in Yemen’s rebel-held capital. The court in Sanaa, which is controlled by Iran-backed Huthi insurgents, on Thursday found Yahya al-Jubaihi guilty of spying for neighbouring Saudi Arabia. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it was the … Read more

Rebel Court Sentences Yemen Journalist To Death

A Yemeni court in the rebel-held capital has sentenced a veteran journalist to death on charges of spying for neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the press union and rebel media said on Thursday. Since March 2015, oil-rich Saudi Arabia has been leading a deadly military intervention against the rebels and their allies in the kingdom’s impoverished neighbour. … Read more