Yemen's journalists kidnapped while students await scholarships

Human Rights Watch issued a stark warning about the plight of journalists in Yemen, documenting kidnappings, forced disappearances and killings. The report cites the recent murder of reporter Mohamed Ayda in Mukalla, the two‑day solitary detention of Hamoud Haza in Marib after he signed a pledge not to criticize authorities, and notes that more than 90 journalists have been killed since the conflict began in 2015. The organization says there is a continuing pattern of intimidation, with no effective investigations or accountability.

In parallel, the Yemeni Students Union in Hungary has called an emergency protest over a year‑long delay in scholarship payments for Yemeni scholarship recipients. Hundreds of students in Budapest report living on high rents without any income, forcing many to take low‑paying jobs that threaten their studies. The union blames the ministries of higher education, finance, foreign affairs and the prime minister’s office for the prolonged withholding of funds and demands immediate release of all outstanding payments and a transparent investigation into the delays.