The Houthis first shut down Yemen Voice and five other private radio outlets in Sanaa for broadcasting without renewing their licenses. Unlike owners of other radio stations, Al-Samadi appealed against the Houthi raid in a court that specializes in handling attacks on media establishments. Four journalists abducted by the Houthis from Sanaa in 2015 are facing the death penalty. “In the Houthi-held Sanaa, there is no media, no press, no civil society, no magazine, no studies. In Sanaa, there is no window to light,” Riyadh Al-Dubai, a Yemeni human rights activist, said on Twitter.
