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The state of human rights in Yemen

Various parties to the ongoing conflict violate the rights of human rights defenders and journalists are arbitrarily arrested, kidnapped, sentenced to prison, and threatened with death for documenting human rights violations. Furthermore, portrayed as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, the country faces poverty, collapsed services, and violence, including violence against women and children.

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Yemen

Release human rights lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra

The undersigned non-governmental organisations call on the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, Ansar Allah, to immediately and unconditionally release the prominent

14/10/2025 Learn More
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News & Publications

Latest News & Publications from Yemen

Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations
  • News
  • Yemen
  • 24/12/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past three months, perpetrated by parties to the ongoing

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Government escalates repression against civil society 
  • News
  • Yemen
  • 15/12/2025

The Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL) has escalated its repression of civil society organizations that work across the country, further shrinking

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End Impunity, Protect Journalists
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  • 2/11/2025
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