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...

Moujib al-Mikhlafi, a Yemeni education expert and trainer, has been arbitrarily detained by the Huthi de facto authorities since 10 October 2023 in Sana’a, Yemen. On 1 September 2024, a Huthi-affiliated TV featured him in what was portrayed as a “confession” video indicating that he was a member of...

In August 2024, the Huthi de facto authorities released the four remaining detained Baha’i individuals Abdul’elah Muhammad al-Boni, Hassan Tariq Thabet al-Zakari, Muhammad Bashir Abdel Jalil and Ibrahim Ahmad Jo’eil after being arbitrarily detained for more than a year at the Huthi-run security and...

On 21 June 2024, the Huthi de facto authorities released Baha’i human rights activist Abdullah al-Olofi from over a year in arbitrary detention, yet are continuing to arbitrarily detain four other Baha’is. According to credible sources, the Huthis forced al-Olofi to sign a pledge that he would...

On 28 May 2024, the Aden-based Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced journalist Ahmad Maher to four years in prison following a grossly unfair trial on charges of disseminating false and misleading news and forging identity documents. Ahmad Maher was arrested on 6 August 2022 by security...

On 12 June 2024, the Huthi de facto authorities released Yemeni judge Abdulwahab Mohammad Qatran after spending more than five months in arbitrary detention at the Huthi -run security and intelligence detention centre in Sana’a, Yemen. Following his arrest on 2 January 2024, the judge was subjected...

Moujib al-Mikhlafi, a Yemeni education expert and trainer, has been arbitrarily detained by the Huthi de facto authorities since 10 October 2023 in Sana’a, Yemen. Following his arrest, he was forcibly disappeared for 21 days and held incommunicado for over a month at the Huthi-run security and...

On 25 May, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen, arbitrarily detaining 17 members of the Baha’i community, including five women and human rights and humanitarian workers. Since then, 12 individuals have been released following international pressure. However,...

Abdulwahab Mohammad Qatran, a Yemeni judge critical of the Huthi de facto authorities, was arbitrarily arrested by members of the Huthi security and intelligence service who broke into his house in Sana’a on 2 January 2024, threatened him and his family members, and interrogated them for long hours...

Fatma al-Arwali, a 34-year-old woman human rights defender, is at risk of execution after the Huthi-controlled Specialized Criminal Court in Sana’a, Yemen, convicted her of ‘aiding an enemy country’ and sentenced her to death on 5 December 2023 following a grossly unfair trial. Since her arrest in...

Ahmad Maher, a 28-year-old Yemeni journalist, who was arrested on 6 August 2022 by security forces in Aden, is on trial before the Aden-based Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) on charges of disseminating false and misleading news and forging identity documents. During interrogations at the Dar Sa’ad...

On 25 May, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen, arbitrarily detaining 17 members of the Baha’i community, including five women and human rights and humanitarian workers. Since then, 11 individuals have been released following international pressure. However,...

On 25 May, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen. They detained and forcibly disappeared 17 individuals including five women and human rights and humanitarian workers. Following international pressure, six people were released – one man and three women in June,...