Asrar was born and raised in Saudi Arabia, where she married her cousin, and gave birth to her three daughters. When her youngest daughter turned two months, she decided, on August 15, 2019, to travel with her brother and daughters to Yemen for the first time, specifically to Shabwa Governorate. Asrar wanted to know her grandparents, whom, for being away from home country, she never had an opportunity to meet them before.
When I went to see Mukhtar in the summer of 2018, his father told me about how tragic Mukhtar's life has become, how traumatized he was about losing his brother, and the state of panic that he was suffering from.
When President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated in January, his administration will face a host of formidable challenges. Key among them is ending U.S. support for the military intervention in Yemen that is being led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The precarious margin of rights and freedoms praised by political pluralism after the year 90 has been completely undermined by the ongoing war in Yemen since mid-2014, in light of the domination of powers that appear multi-headed whose practices, however, are marred by a single arrogant behavior when it comes to public life and the rights and freedoms of civilians.
In Yemen, airstrikes by the Saudi- and Emirati-led Coalition are responsible for the majority of civilian casualties as well as widespread displacement, starvation, and illness brought about by the destruction of schools, hospitals, markets...
Ibb governorate is trying to distance itself from the armed conflicts that have raged for nearly six years in Yemen, which made it a destination for thousands of displaced people from various Yemeni governorates. Nevertheless, death found its way to civilians through the catastrophe of insecurity and the absence of the rule of law.
While the parliamentary fact-finding mission on the control of arms exports is about to issue its recommendations, the wake-up call raised by many French, international and Yemeni NGOs must be finally heard
“Governments that continue to conclude arms deals with coalition member states are legally and morally implicated in the violations occurring in our country, some of which amount to war crimes,” says Radhya al-Mutawakel, chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights.
In 2019, various parts of Yemen witnessed escalating violence, with attacks causing significant loss of life and widespread damage to vital infrastructure. Once again, Mwatana documented serious violations of international humanitarian law and grave human rights abuses
The war in Yemen is entering its sixth year, with the humanitarian disaster the county is experiencing the most severe it has ever been. Over the conflict, more devastation, destruction, division, horrific violations and deepening social rifts have created an almost complete separation between Yemeni men and women and their inherent right to life, dignity and freedom.
