Yemen Conflict

• Hundreds beaten, tortured in Yemen’s secret prisons: human rights group

  A Yemeni rights group on Tuesday accused both sides in the country's civil war of arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances and torture of hundreds of people in the past four years in unofficial detention centres across war-torn Yemen.

  World

  Jun 30, 2020
  
• Experts dispute Canada’s claim of no link between Saudi arms sales and human rights abuses

  Last September, video from Houthi-run Al Masirah TV and Al Jazeera showed what appear to be Canadian-made LAVs.

  World

  Nov 22, 2019
  
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• Global Affairs finds no ‘credible evidence’ linking Saudi arms sales to human rights abuses

  “There is no substantial risk that current Canadian exports of military equipment or other controlled items to KSA would result in any of the negative consequences,” the document reads.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2019
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• Drone attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid U.S.-Iran tension

  The attacks Saturday claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels resulted in “the temporary suspension of production operations” at the Abqaiq processing facility and the Khurais oil field, Riyadh said.

  World

  Sep 15, 2019
• More than 100 killed by Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen rebel-run prison

  There were around 170 detainees at the facility when the airstrikes hit on Sunday. The International Committee for the Red Cross said 40 wounded were being treated for injuries while the rest were presumed dead.

  World

  Sep 2, 2019
• Yemen’s Houthi rebels begin withdrawal from Hodeida

  Yemen's Houthi rebels began on Saturday a long-delayed withdrawal of their forces from the key port city of Hodeida, the group said, following the terms of a cease-fire.

  World

  May 11, 2019
• Yemen agreement should be implemented ‘without delay’: UN

  The U.N. Security Council expressed "grave concern" Wednesday that agreements reached four months ago by the warring parties in Yemen have not been carried out and called for their implementation "without delay."

  World

  Apr 17, 2019
• A dozen dead in Yemen conflict, days ahead of planned cease-fire

  At least 12 people are dead and 25 others wounded in Yemen's strategic port of Hodeida, officials said Sunday.

  World

  Dec 16, 2018
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• In contrast to Trump, U.S. Senate votes against Saudi Arabia on Yemen, Khashoggi

  In back-to-back votes against Saudi Arabia, the Senate delivered an unusual rebuke of President Donald Trump's response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

  Politics

  Dec 14, 2018
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• Yemen’s warring sides agree to ceasefire in vital port city of Hodeidah

  Yemen's warring parties agreed to a ceasefire in the strategic Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah and to place it under the control of local forces, the United Nations chief said at the close of peace talks in Sweden on Thursday.

  World

  Dec 13, 2018