Yemen Monitor/Newsroom
Local sources reported on Sunday that the security authorities in Aden have released journalist Mohammed Al-Yazidi after days of detention.
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate had condemned the arrest of Al-Yazidi, a correspondent for Al-Jumhuriya Channel in Aden, and demanded his immediate release.
In a statement last Thursday, the syndicate said it had received a report from colleagues of journalist Mohammed Abdulwahab Al-Yazidi, a correspondent for Al-Jumhuriya Channel in Aden, stating that he had been arrested last Monday by Aden security on charges filed by a political and military figure over posts dating back more than four years.
The syndicate considered the arrest of Al-Yazidi to be one in a series of harassment and persecution that the colleague Al-Yazidi has been subjected to in recent years, calling on the security authorities in Aden to investigate the incident and release him immediately.
The syndicate renewed its call on the legitimate government to stop the repeated harassment of journalists in Aden and provide a safe environment for journalistic
