The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) demanded the armed Houthi rebels to immediately release the independent Yemeni journalist Majed Zayed, who was abducted in the capital Sana’a on 23rd of this month.
The CPJ reported that journalist Zayed, a writer who contributes to a number of independent Yemeni media outlets was kidnapped on Tuesday evening during a wide-ranging arrest campaign. His fate remains unknown.
The Committee called on the Houthis to immediately disclose his whereabouts, release him, and end their targeting of journalists.
The kidnapping of journalist Majed Zayed comes in the context of a broad crackdown launched by the Houthis to coincide with the approach of the September 26 Revolution anniversary.
At the same time last year, the group launched a wave of arrests targeting activists, aid workers, and journalists, including journalist Mohammed Al-Miyahi, who remains detained to this day.