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November 21, 2020

G20 Summit must ensure an end to the bombing of Yemen, says CAAT

The summit is being hosted by the Saudi Arabian regime which has led a brutal bombardment of Yemen since March 2015.
October 22, 2020

White poppy campaign launches with call to remember Yemen

Remembrance Day risks being a 'festival of forgetting' if we ignore Yemen and other wars going on today, says the Peace Pledge Union.
July 29, 2019

Boris Johnson 'licensed £1.2 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia'

Campaign Against Arms Trade says Boris Johnson approved arms sales which have contributed to the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
June 20, 2019

Court of Appeal finds Government broke law over Saudi Arabia arms sales

The legal action was based on reports that Saudi forces had violated International Humanitarian Law in their ongoing bombardment of Yemen.
February 19, 2019

Christian Aid calls for calm after postponement of Nigeria's general election

Christian Aid has called for calm amid growing concerns over violence and insecurity in Nigeria, after the country’s General Election was postponed only a few hours before polls were scheduled to open on Saturday.
February 18, 2019

Government 'on the wrong side of international law' on arms sales to Saudi Arabia

UK arms exports are highly likely to be the cause of significant civilian casualties in Yemen, risking the contravention of international humanitarian law, says Lords Committee.
January 29, 2019

Christian and Muslim NGOs call for prayer for world’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis’ in Yemen

Leaders of faith-based international development agencies have united to call on churches and mosques to pray for the desperate humanitarian situation in Yemen this week.
December 20, 2018

Half a million homeless Yemenis on brink of famine face winter freeze

More than half a million people who have fled fighting in Yemen are facing a double threat of famine and near freezing temperatures, Oxfam says.
August 18, 2018

Insecurity 'could slow containment of Ebola outbreak in DRC'

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has already claimed at least 41 lives.
February 14, 2018

Medical patients died in Gaza following delay or denial of exit permits

Israel should lift the unlawful sweeping restrictions on the freedom of movement of people from Gaza, most critically those with significant health problems, human rights organisations have said.