Over the course of eight years since the Saudi/UAE-led Coalition began its military operations in Yemen, in March 2015, Mwatana has documented nearly 1,026 indiscriminate and disproportionate air attacks carried out by Coalition fighter jets.
With the upcoming anniversary of the bombardment campaign, 32 organizations are renewing their call to hold European state actors and European arms companies accountable for their involvement in possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.
At the beginning of each Ramadan, Mwatana launches a campaign called "Their Ramadan with Their Families," which aims to shed light on the suffering of those who are arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared, the injustice they face, as well as the suffering of their families.
Baseem (a pseudonym), a 9-year-old child who lived in a family that poverty has reduced to starvation, witnessed the deteriorating condition of his father, who suffered a heart attack 15 months ago due to the dire situation, and anguish over his lost house in Haradh, which Ansar Allah (Houthi) group turned into Military barracks, after his displacement.
At one point, during the crisis’ years, the war intensified, and with it grew the demand for men to keep the war raging, but there were only children available.
The incidents included in the report demonstrate the urgent need for all parties to the conflict to respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law and to better protect civilians.
How civilian harm from explosive weapons in Yemen calls for immediate action. This report documents ten incidents of harm resulting from attacks by the Saudi and United Arab Emirates led Coalition and the Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis).
The complaint seeks to expose the potential complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity of companies that have continued to transfer weapons to the Coalition.
Behind the bars, one realizes that not only his minutes and hours are taken away, but rather entire years. The baby soon becomes a child and the young man soon becomes elderly.
Mwatana welcomes the endeavors of UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, on the basis of which a two-month human truce was approved, as well as a series of announced steps to improve the humanitarian situation and all acts to end the war...
