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June 7, 2024 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Detain UN Staff and Civil Society Representatives

End Enforced Disappearances, Arbitrary Detention

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September 2, 2020 Statement

Yemen: Free ‘Disappeared’ Civilians

Warring Parties Ignore Thousands of Families Seeking Truth, Justice

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April 17, 2018 Report

Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped

Grant Access to Asylum Procedures; Hold Abusers Accountable

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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

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July 12, 2017 Dispatches

Yemeni Activists Face Reprisals for Speaking Out

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

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June 22, 2017 Report

Yemen: UAE Backs Abusive Local Forces

Resolve ‘Disappearances’, Grant Access to Detention Sites

Hadrami elite forces guard Mukalla from Al-Qaeda by creating check-points.
May 26, 2017 News Release

Yemen: Ramadan an Opportunity for Detainees

Free Prisoners Wrongfully Held; Ensure Access to Family, Lawyers

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January 12, 2017 News Release

Yemen: No Accountability for War Crimes

Saudi-Led Coalition, Houthi-Saleh Forces Abuses Persist

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November 30, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Baha’i Man Arbitrarily Held for Months

End Persecution of Religious Minority

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November 17, 2016 Report

Yemen: Abusive Detention Rife Under Houthis

Release Those Held Arbitrarily, Resolve ‘Disappearances’

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June 2, 2016 News Release

Yemen: Free Captive Children

Prisoner Exchange Being Negotiated

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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

A Houthi fighter checks a van at a checkpoint on a street in Yemen's capital Sanaa October 21, 2015.
December 13, 2015 News Release

Yemen: Houthis Shut Groups, Detain Activists

33 Closed Down; ‘Disappearances’ Unresolved

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