• How to Help Yemen Come Unstuck
    Apr 20, 2012
    Commentary

    Last week's shutdown of Sanaa's airport by security forces seeking to reverse President Abed Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi's dismissal of top brass loyal to the ancien regime exemplified exactly where Yemen is stuck.

  • Arab League: Carry Out, Monitor Syria Sanctions
    Mar 29, 2012
    Press release
    The League of Arab States should at its summit in Baghdad that began on March 27, 2012, commit to carrying out and monitoring the implementation of the targeted sanctions against the Syrian leadership it agreed to in November 2011.
  • Yemen: Governments Should Oppose Saleh’s Immunity
    Jan 29, 2012
    Press release
    Yemeni President Ali Abudllah Saleh’s arrival in the United States for medical treatment highlights the need for international action to serve justice for serious crimes in Yemen.
  • Hold Yemen Officials Who Sanctioned Civilian Attacks Accountable
    Jan 28, 2012
    Commentary

    During an artillery barrage last Nov. 11, Yemeni security forces killed 13 civilians in the city of Taizz. One of them was a patient at al-Rawdha Hospital, which mortar rounds and tank fire struck seven times as the wounded poured in for emergency care.

  • Yemen: Amnesty for Saleh and Aides Unlawful
    Jan 23, 2012
    Press release

    A new law granting amnesty to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his aides violates Yemen’s international legal obligations, Human Rights Watch said today. The sweeping law provides domestic immunity from criminal prosecution for serious international crimes such as the deadly attacks on peaceful demonstrators in 2011.

  • Yemen: Reject Immunity Law for President Saleh and Aides
    Jan 10, 2012
    Press release

    Yemen’s parliament should reject a draft law that would grant amnesty to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and anyone who served with him for crimes committed during his 33-year rule. The sweeping measure could result in impunity for serious international crimes such as deadly attacks on anti-government demonstrators in 2011.

  • Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman Demands Security Council Take Action on Yemen
    Oct 18, 2011
    Commentary

    Back in January, when the Arab Spring didn’t even have a name, Yemeni authorities threw Tawakkol Karman in jail for two days for helping stage a rally in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital.

  • Yemen: Investigate Laws-of-War Violations
    Apr 7, 2010
    Press release
    The Yemeni government and Huthi rebels should investigate alleged violations of the laws of war during the recent conflict and hold all those responsible to account.