Doha: Aljazeera has condemned the death threat to Aljazeera Arabic Bureau Chief in Sana’a, Yemen, Saeed Thabit (pictured).
An anonymous phone call threatened him with “physical elimination”.
“The threat is not the first,” Thabit said. “The caller was somebody who referred to himself as a member of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthi movement and told me ‘enough is enough, and soon we will execute our threat to physically eliminate you’.”
The Deputy Managing Director of Aljazeera Arabic, Ahmad bin Salem Al Yafei, said; “We all stand in solidarity with our colleague Thabit, and all his colleagues in the bureau. These continuous threats are the price of our professionalism our coverage is known for in Yemen. We are sure that this will not stop us from performing our duties despite the risks. We hold the Yemen government and Houthis who control Sana’a, responsible for the safety of Saeed.”
Aljazeera praised support by media and rights organisations in Yemen and those who condemn continuous threats there.
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