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Yemen

August 20, 2015

New report details 'bloody trail of civilian death' of Saudi-led Yemen airstrikes

Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrikes and attacks by pro- and anti-Huthi armed groups in Yemen have killed scores of civilians, says a new report from Amnesty International.
July 29, 2015

Durable ceasefire needed as ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ looms in Yemen

Speaking at the Security Council, the top United Nations humanitarian official has pressed the international community to redouble its efforts for a ceasefire in Yemen.
June 24, 2015

New evidence of UK and European role in US drone strikes

The Guardian and the New York Times have revealed the existence of documents showing the contribution made by UK intelligence agency GCHQ to US drone strikes in Yemen.
June 16, 2015

Campaign group calls on UK government to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia

As the death toll in Yemen passes 2000 and the punishment of blogger Rai Badawi is upheld, CAAT has again called for the UK to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
May 23, 2015

German court to consider evidence from Yemeni drone victim

A court in Germany is to take evidence from a Yemeni victim of the secret US drone programme following revelations that military bases in Germany play a key role in the strikes.
March 29, 2015

Government must ensure UK arms are not used against Yemen, says CAAT

Campaign Against Arms Trade has called on the government to ensure that weapons supplied by UK companies are not used in Saudi led air-strikes on Yemen.
March 28, 2015

Six children among 25 killed in Saudi Arabian-led airstrikes on Yemen

At least six children under the age of ten were among 25 people reported killed in Saudi Arabian-led airstrikes in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on 26 March 2015, says Amnesty.
October 28, 2014

UN questions for US and Yemen over ‘disappeared’ American citizen

A UN body that tracks forced disappearance has reiterated its call to Yemen to produce a US citizen missing from a prison in the country for nearly nine months.
August 21, 2014

Yemeni government pays over $1m compensation to civilian drone strike victims

The Yemeni government has paid compensation to civilian victims of a 2013 drone strike that hit a wedding convoy and which US Government sources have claimed killed only ‘militants.’
May 27, 2014

UK government faces legal action over failure to investigate BT drones link

Legal charity Reprieve has threatened action against the UK government for failure to investigate the role of UK telecoms giant BT in facilitating covert US drone strikes in Yemen.