Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea: When Every Path Forward Entails Global Risk, Take the Long View
Author’s Note: The publication of this piece coincidentally aligns with the initiation of a direct military response by the US and UK against the Houthis in Yemen overnight on 12 January 2023. Rather than update the piece, we have decided to publish it as-is. Everything below still stands – the Yemeni people deserve a considered, [...]
Human Rights Violation of Journalists in Yemen: A Cause of Concern
This year, Yemen enters its sixth year of being stuck in the middle of a civil war. What began as a result of political transition to help Yemen regain stability in 2011, intensified in 2015, when a group of Gulf states, backed by the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and France began airstrikes [...]
UN rights office condemns attacks in residential areas of Yemen
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday condemned a recent string of rocket and mortar attacks against residential areas and markets in Taizz, Yemen, from June 3 to June...
AI: killings of civilians in Yemen conflict may be war crimes
The fighting in Yemen between Huthi militias and anti-Huthi armed groups has indiscriminately killed and wounded civilians with unlawful airstrikes in civilian neighborhoods, according to a report issued Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI)...
The Arab League Joint Military Force: Countering Extremism and Political Instability
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern, of Ave Maria School of Law, considers the ramifications of the recent Arab League agreement to form a joint force in the context of historic efforts on joint defense and economic cooperation ... JURIST recently...
JURIST Guest Columnist Belkis Wille, Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch, discusses the current dilemma in Yemen...The present global turmoil has intensified the debate over whether pursuing justice in fragile and transitional countries leads to instability. Yet Yemen has been...
UN officials concerned over human rights violations in Yemen
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern on Wednesday over alleged human rights violations occurring in Yemen in recent months. The UN Human Rights Office in Yemen ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Monday that traffickers in Yemen are holding African migrants in detention camps and using torture as a method of extorting money from their families with the cooperation...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday condemned attacks in Al Dhale Governorate by Yemeni armed forces, which are disproportionately affecting civilians. Pillay reported that since December, these attacks have killed more...
Romania's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected legislation that would make it more difficult to prosecute elected government officials and make libel a criminal offense after criticism from abroad. The draft law would have provided lawmakers and government...
