A heartbreaking video released by the National Commission to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations in Yemen features a child recounting his tragic story after losing 13 family members, including his parents, to landmines and snipers from the internationally designated terrorist group,...
On Saturday, September 21, 2024, the organization Musawaah for Rights and Freedoms reported that the internationally designated terrorist group, the Houthis, has abducted 33 civilians in recent days across areas under their control. This crackdown follows calls for celebrations marking the 62nd an...
Prominent Yemeni journalist Mohamed Dbouan Al-Miyahi was abducted by Houthi militants on Friday, September 20th, 2024, following the publication of an article criticizing the group and its leader, Abdulmalik al-Houthi. According to human rights sources, Al-Miyahi was taken from his apartment in...
Three civilians, including a woman, have been killed by landmines in three Yemeni governorates over the past week, according to human rights sources. The mines are believed to be remnants of explosives planted by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries. The...
A recent human rights report has revealed a surge in public anger in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, fueled by the Houthi militia's repressive policies and systematic campaign of starvation and impoverishment. The report, titled "Sana'a is Angry," was released on Monday, September...
The UN's Deputy Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya, has issued a stark warning about the worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen. In a briefing to the UN Security Council, Msuya highlighted the dire food security situation, with 62...
A new report by the National Commission to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations in Yemen has revealed a staggering toll of civilian casualties caused by the Houthi rebels. The report, released on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, documented 13,028 civilians killed or injured in 3,055 se...
A recent human rights report, released on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, has documented a tragic toll on Yemen's farmers and herders, with 2,099 casualties – 1,021 killed and 1,078 injured – resulting from landmines and crossfire in various Yemeni governorates since the war began in ...
The Yemeni Mothers of the Abductees Association reported on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, that they have documented six deaths in detention due to medical negligence or torture and 833 cases of arbitrary arrests and abductions of civilians during the past year, 2023. In their fifth human rights ...
A human rights organization announced on Saturday, August 31, 2024, that it has documented 1585 civilians who have been subjected to enforced disappearances for periods ranging from two months to five years in areas under the control of the Houthi group, which is listed as a terrorist organization...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday, August 16, 2024, called on the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, to immediately evacuate the United Nations Human Rights Office in the capital Sana'a and release all UN and civil society staff. In a statement published ...
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday, August 14th, 2024, condemned the seizure of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) office in Sana'a by the Houthi group, which is designated as a terrorist organization by several countries. The EU called on the Houthis to "resp...
Amnesty International on Wednesday, August 14th, 2024, called on Houthi authorities, designated as a terrorist group by the international community, to overturn the conviction and death sentence against abducted human rights activist Fatima al-Arooli and release her immediately. The internation...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, strongly condemned the Houthi group's seizure of his office in Sana'a on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. The Houthi group is internationally recognized as a terrorist organization. Türk reiterated his call for the "immediate and ...
The Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, has seized the United Nations Human Rights Office in Sana'a, according to a senior UN official on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. The group reportedly confiscated documents, furniture, and vehicles. Volker Türk, t...
A mock trial highlighting sexual violence and child recruitment during the ongoing conflict in Yemen was held in Taiz on Monday, July 22, 2024. The event, organized by the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations (YCMHRV), a member of the Justice Charter Coalition for Yemen, was par...
The National Commission to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations met with Yemeni Defense Minister Mohsen al-Da'ari on Monday, July 1, 2024, to discuss guarantees for civilian protection and safety, as well as freedom of movement, particularly in light of the partial reopening of s...
Thirty Yemeni human rights organizations expressed their disappointment on Friday, June 28th, 2024, that the United Nations and its special envoy to Yemen have not utilized their leverage to pressure the Houthi group regarding the case of forcibly disappeared individuals, particularly politician M...
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) has stated that Houthi attacks on international shipping have "diverted attention away from a set of commitments brokered by the United Nations and agreed upon by the warring parties in December 2023." In a report translated int...
Yemeni member of the Shura Council and Arab Parliament, Alwi Al-Basha, participated in the first meeting of the Arab Human Rights Observatory's Board of Trustees on Saturday, June 8th, 2024. The meeting took place in Cairo under the chairmanship of Arab Parliament President and Chairman of the...