Taiz: Unremitting suffocating blockade deprives civilians of the dwindling medical care

The city's hospitals are on the circle of collapse as forces of Houthi-Saleh alliance have been preventing operational materials and basic medical supplies from getting in.   A patient at Al-Thawra Public Hospital in Taiz southern Yemen, November 7, 2015. By:Mohammed Sallam Sana'a, 11 Nov 2015 Mwatana Organization for Human Rights said that Houthi [...]

2018-12-18T10:26:09+03:00

Houthi authority: A dark era in history of Yemeni press

Houthi era is notorious for causing two journalists to be killed, forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, break-ins of headquarters of press agencies and media outlets and blocking online news websites.   Sana'a – Sunday, October 18, 2015 Mwatana Organization for Human Rights has said that Houthi armed group "Ansar Allah"   controlling vast districts in [...]

2018-12-18T10:26:09+03:00

Siege lands a fatal blow to remaining life in Taiz

Forces of Houthi –Saleh alliance must stop collective punishment and speed up lifting their siege on civilians. Residents are looking for drinking water in Alojainat neighborhood, west of Taiz, on Saturday, October 10,2015. By Abulnaser Alsadeek Fri - (16 Oct 2015) - Sana'a Mwatana Organization for Human Rights has said forces of both Houthi [...]

2018-12-18T10:26:10+03:00

Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) call for the formation of a Fact-Finding Mission on Yemen

Photo by Afra'a Alhabori. An air strike hit a residential area in Alrawdha neighborhood, Sana'a, 2015. Civilians were kiled and injured. Sana'a, Mon - (14 Sep 2015) We, the signatories named below, are a group of human rights defenders in the Middle East and North Africa. Whereas we firmly believe in the Universal Declaration of [...]

2018-12-18T10:26:19+03:00

New Report Details Civilian Harm from U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen

NEW YORK— April 14, 2015 U.S. drone strikes in Yemen have continued to cause civilian casualties in Yemen even after President Obama declared that they would only be approved if there was a “near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured.” A new report from the Open Society Justice Initiative and the Yemen-based Mwatana [...]

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Armed men of Ansarullah (the Houthis) and Special Security Forces kill 8 protesters in Taiz and injure more than 100 others

Picture for Ala Alghannami in Taiz. The protect of Wednesday March 25, 2015. Sana’a, Monday 30 March 2015 Mwatana Human Rights Organization said that armed men from Ansarullah Group (the Houthis) and individuals from Special Security Forces attacked on Tuesday 24 March 2015 two separate protests in Taiz province in the middle areas of [...]

2018-12-18T10:26:20+03:00

Saudi-led airstrike Kills at least 27 civilians amongst them 15 children and injures 10

Sanaa - Saturday, 28, March, 2015. Mwatana Human rights Organization said that at least twenty seven civilians were killed , amongst them fifteen children, and another ten were injured in a Saudi-led air strike that hit a residential compound in Al Noor neighborhood- Beni Hawat east of Sanaa international airport north of the capital [...]

2018-12-18T10:26:21+03:00

Mwatana Organization for Human Rights condemns the terrorist attacks in Sana’a and demands transparent investigations and prosecution of offenders

CNN images courtesy Sana'a - Saturday (March 21, 2015) Mwatana Organization for Human Rights has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that took place in Sana'a, the capital, which targeted  Badr  and Al-Hashoosh mosques on Friday, March 21, 2015. The deadly attacks claimed one hundred and forty-six lives, including thirty children and wounded three hundred [...]

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Mwatana Organization for Human Rights: Failure of the concerned security apparatus to investigate into assassinations and to identify the criminals and masterminds will adversely affect the public peace

Sana'a – (Thursday, March 19, 2015) Mwatana Organization for Human Rights has condemned the assassination of the political activist and writer Abdulkareem Alkhaiwani who was shot dead near his house on Raqqas street downtown Sana'a on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Radhiyah Al-Mutawakil, the Director of Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, said,"The assassinations targeting political [...]

2018-12-18T10:26:21+03:00

Mwatan Organization for Human Rights: A demonstrator was shot dead and six others were wounded in a deadly attack on a peaceful demonstration in Al-Baidha province.

Sana'a - (Thursday, March 12, 2015) Four eye-witnesses told Mwatana Organization for Human Rights that a protester was killed and six others were seriously injured in a fatal attack by the armed group "Ansar Allah" on a peaceful demonstration in Al-Baida city, northern of Yemen. According to the eye-witnesses, the armed men were indiscriminately [...]

2018-12-18T10:26:22+03:00
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