Overview

All parties to the conflict, which controlled different parts of Yemen, continued to arbitrarily detain, forcibly disappear and unjustly prosecute human rights defenders, journalists, human rights and humanitarian workers, and people critical of the authorities’ human rights records and policies. Courts across Yemen sentenced people to death, sometimes after grossly unfair trials. All parties to the conflict arbitrarily restricted delivery of humanitarian aid. The Huthi de facto authorities continued to ban women from travelling without a male relative, undermining their right to work and other human rights. All parties to the conflict failed to protect women’s right to privacy online and to provide redress to survivors of technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Prosecutions of LGBTI people continued. All parties to the conflict contributed to environmental degradation.