Category Archives: Yemen

Secret prisons and strategic diplomacy: How the UAE masks its human rights abuses in Yemen

Disclaimer: This text was written prior to President Biden’s announcement to halt all offensive military [...]

Yemen: Saudi-UAE Coalition Targets Civilian Fishermen and Fails to Uphold UN Funding Pledge

Recent reports show that in addition to attacking and killing Yemeni fishermen, Saudi Arabia and [...]

Saudi Arabia: UK Companies Sell $810m in Arms Despite Court of Appeals Ruling

Following the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the United Kingdom (UK) has continued to [...]

Yemen: 19 human rights NGOs call on French Parliament to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen

On 10 July 2019, 19 human rights NGOs including Amnesty International France and the International [...]

Yemen: Houthi Court Sentences 30 political opposition to figures to death for spying for Saudi-led coalition

On 9 July 2019, thirty academics and political figures, facing what Amnesty International has described [...]

Saudi Arabia: The United Kingdom Has Suspended New Arms Sales to the Saudi-led Coalition Fighting in the Yemen War

On Tuesday 25 June 2019, the Department for International Trade of the British government has [...]

Yemen: UK Court of Appeal has stated that the export of military equipment to Saudi Arabia is unlawful

UPDATE : On 5 July 2019, Corbyn and the Westminster leaders of four other parties [...]

United Kingdom: latest FCO human rights report fails to properly address human rights issues in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Yemen

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has released its annual rights report  which has failed [...]

Saudi Arabia: a Saudi cargo ship stopped again in France at Marseille-Fos harbour

Amnesty International declared on 28 May 2019 that a ship – the Bahri Tabuk – [...]

Yemen: EEAS Spokesperson’s statement on the current situation in the war

On 16 May 2019, Maja Kocijančič, Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the [...]