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Yemen

October 24, 2019

15 million Yemenis see water supplies cut amid fuel crisis

Fuel is crucial to the supply of clean water in Yemen, as people rely on groundwater which is brought to the surface by pumps running on solar power and fuel.
October 2, 2019

Release of 290 detainees in Yemen facilitated by Red Cross

The unilateral release of 290 detainees, including 42 survivors of an attack on a place of detention in Dhamar this month, took place on 30 September 2019.
September 10, 2019

Arms fair will bring 'despots, dictatorships and human rights abusers' to London

Campaigners say there is no way of knowing how the weapons sold at the event will be used, or who they will be used against.
September 5, 2019

UN report on Yemen details 'a host of possible war crimes'

The UN urges other States to refrain from providing arms that could be used in the conflict, and reminds them of their obligation to take all reasonable measures to ensure respect for international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict.
August 9, 2019

Nearly 1,000 child casualties of Yemen war in the past year

The international community is coming under increasing pressure to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia and other members of the coalition.
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.
July 28, 2019

Millions of people in Yemen get unconditional cash assistance from UNICEF

Nearly nine million people across Yemen have been reached with emergency cash assistance in the fifth payment cycle by UNICEF to help meet their urgent needs as the conflict in the country enters its fifth year.
July 23, 2019

UK licensed £650 million worth of arms to Saudi Arabia following Khashoggi murder, says CAAT

The UK Government licensed £648 million worth of arms to Saudi Arabia in the six months that followed the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey on 2 October 2018.
July 16, 2019

UN 'deeply alarmed' by death sentences imposed in Yemen

The UN says it is deeply alarmed by the imposition of the death penalty on 30 men, most of whom are academics, students and politicians affiliated with the Islah party that has been critical of the Houthis.
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.