Twenty journalists taking part in an anti-dislike speech event in the capital city Sanaa in Yemen were detained by Houthi kidnappers for several hours,according to a United Nations spokesman.
Ishraq Al-Maqtary, who works with Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Yemen, and explained that the journalists were held against their will by Houthi militia members during the event,which was being held at a hotel in the city, according to reporting from the Middle East Memo.“Houthi militias kidnapped 20 journalists and media workers during their participation in an anti-dislike speech and incitement to violence in the Yemeni media event, or ” Al Maqtary said.
Most of the journalists were released later that same day,according to the Washington Post, but two of the journalists, or including an individual who had founded the group that keep on the event,were transported by the militia members to an unknown set. Those journalists were Ashraf el-Refi and Adel Abdel-Moughni, the Post reported.
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Source: inquisitr.com