Indian journalist, Rana Ayyub received around 25 thousand tweets, mostly death and rape threats, calling her a “terror sympathiser”.

Freelance journalist Hala Fuad Badhawi was arrested and detained in the city of Mokalla by state authorities.

Rasha Abdullah al-Harazi and her unborn child were killed in a horrific car bombing in Aden this afternoon. Her husband, Mahmoud al-Atmi, who was driving her to the hospital when they were targeted, was critically injured. The Coalition For Women In Journalism is horrified at the targeted attack on Rasha and her husband, also a journalist. We denounce the killing and demand an immediate inquiry

محاولة أختطاف فاشلة لأبن الصحفية وئام الصوفي تلت حملات تحريض ضارية ضد الصحفية مما يثبت ما قد يترتب علي التهدايدات علي الانترنت من نتائج عنيفة في الواقع العملي. يعرب تحالف النساء العاملات بالصحافة عن قلقه البالغ حيال وضع الصحفيات في اليمن وسط هذا الصراع المتقد وفي هذه الدولة التي يصرعها الاستقطاب. لقد طالت حملات بالتهديد والاعتداء الجسدي الصحفية وئام بسبب تغطيتها للوضع الانساني المتردي في تعز. بعد تغطيتها لمعاناة المواطنين اليمنين بسبب الصراع استهدفها قيادات سياسية تتبع لجماعة الحوثي وهددتها وأسرتها.

Abduction attempt of Journalist Weam Al-Sofy’s son following online smear campaigns against Weaam Alsofy is proof that online harassment has severe offline consequences. The Coalition For Women In Journalism is deeply concerned about the status of women journalists in Yemen amid this heated conflict in the severely polarized country. Journalist Weam was targeted by threats of assassination and physical attacks over her coverage for the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Taez. Following her coverage exposing the misery of Yemeni citizens, leaders and politically affiliated figures with the Al-Houthi group threatened the journalist and her family.