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Ali Mohsen Abu Lahoum
Journalist
detainee
Date of Birth
1983
City Of Birth
Gender
Male
Nationality
Yemeni
Education
About The Detainee
Abu Lahoum worked in various media outlets, including as an editor, broadcaster, and translator at Yemen Times Radio, and as an executive director at Al-Wadi TV channel in Saudi Arabia. He left Yemen in 2015, amid a wave of exodus of Yemeni journalists following a series of arrests and raids conducted by Houthi rebels on media outlets in the capital, Sanaa.
Arrest And Human Rights Violations
Date Of Arrest:
2021-08-23
City Of Internment:
Najran
Reason
Tweets on fake accounts accused by the security authorities of being behind them, and Abu Lahoum denied his connection to them
Method
Practices And Violations
He received a summons from the administration of the institution where he worked. His wife was informed that he was under criminal investigation and was not allowed to see him until ten days after his detention.
The Human Dimension In His Detention
Prison
Najran
Trial and legal proceedings
He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Time Line For Arrest
2021-10-26
The Najran Court issued a sentence of 15 years in prison.
Arrest