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Rasha al-Harazi

Rasha Abdullah al-Harazi (; October 1996 – 9 November 2021) was a Yemeni journalist and photographer.

Early life and education

Rasha was born in 1996 in Hudeidah Governorate. She studied TV and radio at Hodeidah University. After graduation she worked for the Emirati news channels Al-Ain and Al-Sharq.

Death

Rasha was assassinated on 9 November 2021 in Aden city by an explosion of a device planted on the car carrying her and her husband. Rasha was pregnant when she was murdered. Before her murder, she received many threats over her job as a journalist. No group claimed the responsibility, but her husband suspected the Houthi forces were behind the explosion.

The killing of Rasha al-Harazi was condemned by the Director-General of the UNESCO Audrey Azoulay in a press-release published on the 10th of November. According to global monitoring on the safety of journalists by the Observatory of Killed journalist, al-Harazi was the only media professional killed in Yemen in 2021.

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