Al-Mutawakel said that the reality of human rights situation in Yemen is a reality of war. She added “Yemen is going through a war for eight years. The whole state is in semi-collapse with various armed groups controlling it from Sa’ada to Socotra..
On 5 January 2023, Mwatana released its annual press briefing on the human rights situation in Yemen entitled “A Dark Year Despite the Truce”, which included a summary of the patterns of common violations committed in 2022 and the conflicting parties’ share of these violations..
“2022 was another tragic year for civilians in Yemen. The accountability gap in Yemen was a major reason why the parties to the conflict persisted in continuing their criminal behavior to violate human rights and stifle public and personal freedoms.” Radhya Almutawakel, the Chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights, said..
This war has changed the destinies of thousands of civilians for the worse, and brought misery and destitution into their homes, only because they came across greedy leaders who did not care about them and their future..
This material damage of a civilian facility adds to the isolation of Yemeni civilians who no longer can be more isolated..
International Human Rights Day, 10 December, commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and with it the introduction of common human rights standards “for all peoples and all nations”..
In response to the questions of the attendees, Radhya Al-Mutawakel, Chairperson of Mwatana, said that the least Yemen deserves is an international criminal accountability mechanism, a mechanism capable of collecting and preserving evidence..
In 2016, the Saudi/UAE-led military coalition allegedly killed a family of six in an airstrike in the village of Deir Al-Hajari in Northwest Yemen. The bomb remnants found at the site of the attack were manufactured by RWM Italia S.p.A., a subsidiary of the German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall AG..
I had never imagined that I would live in away from my city, my street, my neighborhood, my friends, and my home in Al-Mudhaffar District, Taiz city, where I spent my childhood and youth..
Abyan Governorate witnesses extremely horrible humanitarian conditions especially with the spread of weapons and armed men as well as extremist armed groups accompanied by the absence of the role of the local authority and the insecurity phenomena..
