15 June 2022 | CPJ
Yemeni journalist Saber al-Haidari killed in car bombing
Explosion
Saber al-Haidari, a reporter with the Japanese state broadcaster NHK, was killed June 15, 2022, when a bomb exploded in his car while he was driving in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden's al-Mansoura district, killing him at the scene.
Two unidentified individuals travelling with al-Haidari were also killed in the blast, and one was injured, according to the Gulf Center for Human Rights. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, according to those news reports.
"Journalist Saber al-Haidari's killing in Aden shows the cost of the international community's silence on press freedom in Yemen, and how journalists are continuing to pay the price," siad CPJ Senior Middle East and North Africa Researcher Justin Shilad. "All sides to the conflict must immediately stop targeting journalists and investigate all killings of members of the press, and the international community should make it clear that journalists should not be targets."
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