The Saudi-led coalition used a precision-guided munition made in the United States in last week’s air strike on a detention centre in Sa’adah, north-western Yemen, which, according to Doctors without Borders, killed at least 80 people and injured over 200, Amnesty International said today. The laser-guided bomb used in the attack, manufactured by US defense company Raytheon, …
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Yemen: Huthi authorities’ decision to release Baha’i prisoners is ‘positive signal’
Responding to the announcement by Mahdi al-Mashat, leader of the Huthi authorities in Yemen, that all Baha’i “political prisoners” are to be released, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director, said: “The Huthis’ decision to release all Baha’i prisoners is a positive signal, and must be the first step in ending the years of suffering for those who …
Yemen: War and exclusion leave millions of people with disabilities in the lurch
Millions of people with disabilities in Yemen have not only endured years of armed conflict but are also among those most excluded amid what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, Amnesty International said today. Excluded: Living with disabilities in Yemen’s armed conflict is being published on the International Day of Persons with …
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Yemen: United Nations’ scathing report underscores need for arms embargo, tougher scrutiny
Amnesty International has concerns about Australia’s military exports to Saudi Arabia Responding to a scathing report published by the United Nations Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE) which concludes that all parties to the conflict may be guilty of war crimes, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East research director, said: “The GEE, in its …
Yemen: Disappearances and torture in detention facilities must be investigated as war crimes
Justice remains elusive a year after a network of secret prisons was first exposed in southern Yemen, Amnesty International said in a new report documenting egregious unchecked violations, including systemic disappearances and torture as well as other ill-treatment amounting to war crimes. “God only knows if he’s alive” details how scores of men have been …
Yemen: Millions of civilians at risk due to restricted life-saving supplies
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition has continued to impose restrictions on the entry of essential goods into conflict-ravaged Yemen Huthi de facto authorities have excessively delayed the delivery of humanitarian assistance in famine-threatened areas and are said to have asked for bribes The coalition’s tightened restrictions could constitute a war crime Millions of lives are at …
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Yemen: Attack on Hodeidah threatens civilian lives and life-saving humanitarian aid
Responding to the news that Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition have launched an offensive on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director Lynn Malouf said: “The assault on Hodeidah could have a devastating impact for hundreds of thousands of civilians – not just in the city but …
Yemen: Fierce new offensive displaces tens of thousands of civilians
Yemeni civilians are struggling to stay alive amid fierce ground and air attacks in the raging battle to retake western coastal governorates from Huthi armed group control, and the worst could be yet to come, Amnesty International warned after carrying out a field investigation in the south of the country. The organisation interviewed 34 civilians …
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Australia-Saudi Arabia relationship opacity regarding Yemen ‘unacceptable’
In light of today’s Defence Estimates, Amnesty International is concerned that Defence Minister Marise Payne has not adequately explained the Royal Australian Navy’s recent training exercises with Saudi Arabia’s Navy and also what defence materiel has been sold to Saudi Arabia while it is imposing its devastating blockade on Yemen. Amnesty International Australia’s Crisis Campaigns …
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Yemen/Australia: US-made bomb kills and maims children in deadly strike on residential homes
There must be an embargo on the export of all weapons, munitions, military equipment and technology that can be used in the Yemen conflict The Australian Government must not be complicit in human rights violations in Yemen and must immediately implement an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia. An independent, impartial inquiry into all reported violations …