Journalists in Yemen attacked ‘from all quarters,’ UN rights chief says

Since the beginning of April, the United Nations has documented an abduction, a killing and a number of physical attacks and threats against journalists operating in war-torn Yemen.
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A mourner stands with an old identification document issued by the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) while holding with others posters showing the face of slain Yemeni journalist and AFP contributor Nabil Hasan al-Quaety, with text in Arabic reading (R to L) "You lived strong and died a martyr" and "You have defeated them with your smile, Martyr Nabil al-Quaety," during his funeral in the southern city of Aden on June 4, 2020. The Yemeni journalist was gunned down June 2 in Aden. - AFP via Getty Images
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The United Nations human rights chief called on all parties in Yemen to release their detained journalists, warning today that attacks against the men and women documenting the conflict may amount to war crimes 

"Journalists are under attack from all quarters,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. “They are jailed and sentenced to death for merely trying to shine a light on the brutality of this crisis."

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