Local report documents more than 2000 violations cases in Taiz by Houthi militia
A human rights report confirms the monitoring and documentation of 2,206 cases of violations carried out by the Houthi militia against civilians in Taiz last December. The Human Rights Information and Training Center explained that their field team documented 47 cases...
113 Detainees Killed Under Torture in Houthi Prisons
The Netherlands based foundation for Human Rights in the Arab world, Rights Radar (RR), announced that 113 detainees have been killed in Yemen under torture inside detention centers run by the Ansarallah (Houthi) rebel group since 21 September 2014. Some cases may be...
Al Jazeera bureau in Yemen forcibly closed
Al Jazeera has condemned the forced closure of its bureau in Yemen's southern city of Taiz. The office was ordered shut by soldiers on Tuesday for reasons that were not made clear, Al Jazeera Media Network said in a statement. "The Yemeni military force belonging to...
The Yemenis trapped between war and US extreme vetting
New York City - Under dim lights in her apartment, Khulood Nasher clutched two winter coats, with the price tags still on, for her sons trapped in Yemen's war. The last time she saw them, Omar was 13 and Rami 14 years old. That was seven years ago. "I'm not sure if...
Suspected cholera cases in Yemen hit one million: ICRC
(Reuters) - Yemen's cholera epidemic has reached one million suspected cases, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday, with war leaving more than 80 percent of the population short of food, fuel, clean water and access to healthcare. Yemen, one...
CCR Condemns Trump Administration’s Recent Blanket Denial of Visas to Yemeni Family Members
We condemn this cruel and arbitrary treatment of Yemenis who have been waiting for years to obtain visas to connect with family members or spouses and who would have been authorized to come to the United States but for Trump’s odious and discriminatory Muslim Ban....
Yemen air strike kills eight women, two children, say residents
DUBAI (Reuters) - Eight women and two children from the same Yemeni family were killed when an air strike by forces of the Saudi-led coalition involved in the country’s three-year-old war hit a wedding party, residents said on Monday. The 10 people were returning on...
At least 39 Yemenis dead in Saudi-led raid on police camp in Sanaa: official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck a military police camp in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people and wounding 90 more, including some prisoners, an official and witnesses said. The strike is part of an...
Yemen: Ali Abdullah Saleh Leaves Behind Grim Legacy
(Beirut) – The killing of former longtime Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, on December 4, 2017, underlines the need for governments to support the new United Nations expert panel to investigate abuses by all sides to Yemen’s war, Human Rights Watch said today....
United Nations leaders call on the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Yemeni Red Sea ports
The partial lifting of the blockade of Yemen's Red Sea ports by the Saudi-led coalition in recent days is allowing humanitarian organizations to resume the provision of life-saving assistance to people in desperate need. Given the massive scale of Yemen's humanitarian...
‘Breaking Point’: Unpaid salaries hinder Yemen’s fight against cholera
Tens of thousands of health workers in Yemen have not received their salaries in over a year, overwhelming the health system and impeding the battle to contain cholera in the war-torn country. Since 2015, Yemen has seen a brutal war between the Saudi-backed...
With border closures into second week, Yemen suffering worsens
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at the worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen following the temporary closure of land, sea and air borders on 6 November. Over the past week the closures have prevented humanitarian and commercial supplies, and restricted...
U.N. pleads for end of Yemen blockade or ‘untold thousands’ will die
The heads of three U.N. agencies urged the Saudi-led military coalition on Thursday to lift its blockade of Yemen, warning that "untold thousands" would die if it stayed in place. The coalition closed all air, land and sea access to Yemen on Nov. 6 following the...
Killing and Injuring of more than 2 thousand Children by Houthis Militia in Taiz in Five Months
Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations, has revealed killing of 300 children and injuring of 1804 others in Taiz governorate, due to Houthis-Saleh militia’s shelling, during April-September 2017 In its recent report “Children in the Range of Fire”,...
Yemen set to run out of fuel and vaccine in a month: UNICEF
GENEVA (Reuters) - Yemen’s stocks of fuel and vaccines will run out in a month unless a Saudi-led military coalition allows aid into the blockaded port of Hodeidah and Sanaa airport, UNICEF’s representative in the country said on Friday. Meritxell Relano, speaking by...
Yemen: Houthi-Saleh Forces Using Landmines
Cease Use of Banned Weapons; Ensure Clearance, Victim Assistance (Beirut) – The Houthi-Saleh forces’ use of banned antipersonnel landmines in Yemen has caused numerous civilian casualties and hindered the safe return of civilians displaced by fighting, Human Rights...
Closure of Yemen’s borders to aid deliveries is ‘catastrophic’, UN warns
After Saudi-led coalition seals stricken country’s borders, aid agencies caution that deliveries of food and medicine are critical for population’s survival. Humanitarian groups and the UN have urged the Saudi-led coalition to reopen aid channels into Yemen, after a...
Detainees in Aden on Hunger Strike; Human Rights Watch Condemns Detainees Abuse
Over 100 detainees in the Bir-Ahmed prison, east of Aden, run by the UAE forces, continue their hunger strike using the slogan “Empty Stomach” for the fifth day, demanding to be released or brought to trial. The majority of these detainees have been in UAE custody for...