The Human Rights Forum held its third discussion session on Zoom, focusing on the situation of arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared individuals, especially during the month of Ramadan and the worsening economic and psychological conditions for thousands of families...
Al-Faqih stated, "The conflicting parties in Yemen bear a shameful human rights record, characterized by their involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. They have been responsible for the killing and assault of civilians, enforced disappearances, torture, recruitment of children, destruction of infrastructure, occupation of schools and hospitals, and the curtailment of rights and freedoms."...
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..
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..
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..
The jury announced that Mwatana's work deserves special recognition and therefore awarded Mwatana a PAX Dove..
Mwatana for Human Rights won the Aachen Peace Prize 2022 along with the lawyer Holger Rothbauer, who is well-known for prosecuting cases against German arms deals in various parts of the world..
Twenty years after the US began its secret and unaccountable killings in Yemen, the U.S. should, at long last, change towards a rights-respecting course.
Radhya Al-Mutawakel, the chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights briefed the UN Security Council, chaired by Norway this month, in an open debate entitled “Wars in Cities: protection of civilians in urban settings”.
