All parties to the conflict in Yemen continued to commit violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses with impunity. The Saudi Arabia-led coalition, supporting the internationally recognized Yemeni government, and Huthi forces continued to carry out attacks that unlawfully...

Millions of Yemenis continue to endure the long-lasting consequences of the devastating ongoing conflict amid the chronic failure of parties to the conflict to provide justice and redress for victims of crimes under international law and human rights violations, said Amnesty International on the...

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) de facto authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Sami Yassin Ka’id Marsh, who has been arbitrarily detained without charge for four months merely for his work seeking accountability and justice for human rights violations...

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) de facto authorities must end their ongoing unlawful and arbitrary restrictions on the work of civil society organizations and human rights defenders in the southern governorate of Aden, Amnesty International said today. Since early 2023, the STC has adopted...

The Huthi de facto authorities must urgently halt planned executions and end the persecution of people based on their real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, said Amnesty International, after two Huthi-run courts in Yemen sentenced more than 40 individuals either to death, flogging...

Akram Al Walidi is a journalist and human rights defender who spent eight years detained and subjected to torture and other ill-treatment by the Huthi de facto authorities. He was sentenced to death in April 2020, along with three other journalists.  After spending three years on death row, they...

Huthi de facto authorities have carried out an alarming wave of arrests rounding up scores of largely peaceful demonstrators, who gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the country’s 26th of September Revolution, said Amnesty International. The organization is calling on Huthi de facto...

The Huthi de facto authorities must ensure that woman human rights defender Fatma al-Arwali receives a fair trial in line with international standards or is immediately released, Amnesty International said today. Since the moment of her arrest by Huthi security forces in August 2022 Fatma al-Arwali...

Representatives of the families of people forcibly disappeared in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen gathered in Beirut today to demand that their governments uphold their rights to truth, justice and reparation, during an event organized by Amnesty International to mark the International Day of the...

Responding to the deaths of at least 85 people and over 300 injuries in last night’s stampede at a Ramadan charity event at a school in the old city of Sana’a, Grazia Careccia, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa said: “There must be justice for the...

The internationally recognized government (IRG) and the Huthi de facto authorities must free women who have completed their jail sentences but remain arbitrarily detained because there is no male guardian to release them to, Amnesty International said today. Prison authorities across Yemen keep...

The Huthi de facto authorities must end their mahram (male guardian) requirement, which bans women from travelling without a male guardian or evidence of their written approval across governorates under Huthi control or to other areas of Yemen, Amnesty International said today.      Increasingly...

The internationally recognized government (IRG) of Yemen must end its harassment and prosecution of journalists in areas under its control, including in Taiz and Hadramout governorates, Amnesty International said today. Judicial authorities have over the past seven months prosecuted at least three...