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September 2, 2020 Statement

Yemen: Free ‘Disappeared’ Civilians

Warring Parties Ignore Thousands of Families Seeking Truth, Justice

April 17, 2018 Report

Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped

Grant Access to Asylum Procedures; Hold Abusers Accountable

Buraika detention facility for migrants in Aden governorate, Yemen. © 2018 VICE News Tonight on HBO

February 27, 2018 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Sentence Baha’i Man to Death

Drop Charges, End Persecution of Religious Minority

The Specialized Criminal Court in Sanaa, Yemen, sentenced Hamed Kamal Haydara, detained since December 2013, to death on January 2, 2018, apparently on account of his religious beliefs and practice of the Baha'i faith.

October 26, 2017 News Release

Yemen/UAE: Aden Hunger Strike Highlights Detainee Abuse

All Parties Should Respect Prisoners’ Rights

Hadrami elite forces guard Mukalla from Al-Qaeda by creating check-points.

July 12, 2017 Dispatches

Yemeni Activists Face Reprisals for Speaking Out

Attack on Human Rights Watch Provides a Tiny Glimpse of the Threat

June 22, 2017 Report

Yemen: UAE Backs Abusive Local Forces

Resolve ‘Disappearances’, Grant Access to Detention Sites

May 26, 2017 News Release

Yemen: Ramadan an Opportunity for Detainees

Free Prisoners Wrongfully Held; Ensure Access to Family, Lawyers

A Houthi fighter checks a van at a checkpoint on a street in Yemen's capital Sanaa October 21, 2015.

January 12, 2017 News Release

Yemen: No Accountability for War Crimes

Saudi-Led Coalition, Houthi-Saleh Forces Abuses Persist

People inspect a house after it was destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in the capital, Sanaa, February 25, 2016.

November 30, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Baha’i Man Arbitrarily Held for Months

End Persecution of Religious Minority

Members of the Baha’i faith demonstrate outside of a state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, April 2016

November 17, 2016 Report

Yemen: Abusive Detention Rife Under Houthis

Release Those Held Arbitrarily, Resolve ‘Disappearances’

June 2, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Free Captive Children

Prisoner Exchange Being Negotiated

Child soldiers with Houthi fighters hold weapons during a demonstration in Sanaa on March 13, 2015.

January 16, 2016 News Release

Yemen: 3 Months Since Houthis ‘Disappear’ Protesters

Ex-Detainees Describe Mass Arrests, Torture in Ibb

January 10, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Arbitrarily Held by the Houthis

Campaign of Arrests to Silence Peaceful Critics in Capital

December 13, 2015 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Shut Groups, Detain Activists

33 Closed Down; ‘Disappearances’ Unresolved

A military vehicle stationed outside the Association of Social Solidarity Charity and the Renaissance Homeland Foundation, two nongovernmental organizations, on April 4, 2015, two days after both organizations were raided and forcibly shut by Houthi force

September 15, 2015 News Release

Yemen: Houthis ‘Disappear’ Political Opponent

Muhammad Qahtan’s Whereabouts Unknown Five Months After Arrest

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