Human Rights Updates: (18-24 September 2018)
(18, 9, 2108), We are cooking leaves...and eating from trees ...There is no nutrition... Only death awaits !!: https://youtu.be/CUIgyTm6rh8 (19, 9,2018), Local sources: A civilian was killed in front of his house in Bait Al-Omairy area and another was seriously...
Recruiting children for war is an endless tragedy
Marib police handed over 7 children to their families after they were recruited by Houthi militia on fronts on the Yemeni-Saudi border. The latest report by the UN Secretary General on children in armed conflict confirmed that 842 boys had been recruited by various...
Human Rights Updates (11-17 September, 2018)
(17-9-2108), 7 civilians, including women and children, were killed and 4 others injured in a coalition air strike on a citizen's house in Radman district in Albaydha. (16-9-2018), Local sources: Saudi coalition targeting of Hodeida radio station led to the death of...
The National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights documented 4,368 cases of alleged violations since the beginning of 2018
The National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights documented 4,368 cases of alleged violations in Yemen during the period from 1 February to 31 July 2018. The total cases, which were documented and investigated by the commission, related to...
Belqees Satellite Channel denounces the repression, restriction of freedoms of expression
In a statement of Belqees Satellite Channel condemned the targeting of journalists Fahmi Al-Saqqaf and Sami Al-Kaf, who are prevented from the participation in the satellite television channel by the security belt forces. This flagrant violation against Yemeni...
At-Tuhayata civilians in Hodeida are under siege…no water and no food
The Houthi militia imposed a siege on At-Tuhayata district from different areas, preventing the entry of food and water. The siege of the city increased the suffering of civilians and fighting has disrupted the supply of water. "We haven't had water for weeks and the...
The murder of Lamees rings alarm bells in the Yemeni community
The murder of Lamees, a 19-year-old woman who was abducted in front of members of the public at 10 a.m. and later burned to death, indicates the high crime rate in Yemen and the absence of the state. Dozens of women have been found killed and raped, however, their...
Abdullah Jaber was arrested illegally again after being imprisoned for12 years in prison in Iraq
Abdullah Ali Mohammed Jaber , a Yemeni citizen, who was arrested by the US military in Iraq and imprisoned for 12 years. He was returned to his home and again was arrested at Aden airport. Read more: Abdullah Jaber was arrested illegally again after being imprisoned...
Execution Orders by Houthi-controlled Court
A court under control of the Houthi militia sentenced Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shaibah and Esam Al-Tayeb to death for "collaborating" with Saudi Arabia on May 12, 2018. The court also charged Mohammed Al-Madhany and Ebrahim Hizam with "engaging with an armed gang and...
New stimulus package against Yemeni immigrants in Saudi Arabi
Seventeen thousand Yemeni immigrants are being deported this year from Saudi Arabia and 700,000 Yemenis are at risk of being deported. The United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM) also expressed its concerns that it could displace up to 700,000...
On Press Day, Gloomy Future Awaits Yemeni journalists
Source: Belqees Rights A number of journalists held a protest in Marib governorate on the World Press Freedom Day, May 3, to demand the release of the abducted journalists in the Houthi militia detentions. The abductees and detainees are exposed to torture, beatings,...
Displaced teachers in Aden: Their children out of school, Live in miserable conditions
While teaching staff who dedicated their lives to education, their children are out of school. Since Houthi militia swept into Al-Hudaydah in 2014, it has been rumored that teachers will be at the top of the target list. Many teachers fled to other cities for fear of...
On World Press Freedom Day, Belqees TV mourns three journalists killed while reporting; calls for serious action
Press release The World Press Freedom Day is a good occasion to remind the world of the tragedies of journalists in Yemen who are living under difficult and inhumane conditions, to say the least. Over the last four years of the coup by the Houthi militia and its...
Belqees tv Mourns Death of Its Photographer, Condemns Houthi Group
It is with deep sorrow that Belqees TV Channel mourns the martyrdom of its photographer Abdullah Al-Qadiri in Marib governorate who was killed today in a bombardment of the #Houthi militia targeted a press convoy. The purpose of the convey was to cover the events in...
Missile strike kills local Yemeni photographer
New York, January 22, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of Yemeni photographer Mohammad al-Qadasi in a missile strike allegedly by the Ansar Allah movement. Al-Qadasi, who worked for the privately owned Belqees TV station, was killed...
Belqees TV Statment on the Killing of Its Photographer By Houthi Militia in Taiz
It is with deep sorrow that Belqees TV Channel received the news of the martyrdom of their photographer Mr. Mohammed Al-Qadasi in the countryside of Taiz. Mr. Al-Qadasi was killed while covering an activity in Al-Khayamy Area of Al-Ma'afir District, in an operation...
Task Force on Population Movement (TFPM) – 12th Report – Executive Summary – January 2017
KEY STATISTICS – DISPLACEMENT AND RETURN CONFLICT RELATED: The 12th TFPM identifies, in connection with the ongoing conflict, 2,007,216 internally displaced persons (IDPs) across 21 governorates; the majority, 50%, are displaced in Hajjah, Taizz, Amanat Al Asimah and...
December 2017 State of Human Rights in Yemen
SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties, has been issuing monthly reports throughout the past 12 months, on the human rights violations that our monitors managed to document in Yemen by different parties. As you noticed, and some of may have lived it, the year 2017...