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Oman accepts 10 Yemeni prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay
The Foreign Ministry of Oman on Thursday reported that 10 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay arrived temporarily to Oman. The US Department of Defense later confirmed the move . On Monday human rights experts from the UN and the Organization for (More) |
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Saudi Guantanamo detainee repatriated
Saudi Guantanamo detainee Muhammed Abd Al Rahman Awn Al-Shamrani has been repatriated to his home country, the US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Monday. The Periodic Review Board (PRD) determined in September that "continued law of war dete (More) |
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Yemen no longer expelling top UN representative from country
The government of Yemen on Friday informed the UN that it would be rescinding its order expelling the top UN human rights representative from the country. Yemen's UN Ambassador Khaled Alyemany had previously sent a letter to the UN Secretary Gener (More) |
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HRW: Prisoners being held arbitrarily in Yemen
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday released a report saying that Houthi authorities in Yemen have arbitrarily detained at least 35 people in the country's capital, Sanaa. The rights group further states that the individuals have been in custody fo (More) |
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UN: use of cluster bombs in Yemen may be war crime
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday warned that the use of cluster bombs by a Saudi-led coalition against neighborhoods in Yemen may amount to a war crime. Cluster bombs spread bomblets over a wide area, many of which do not immediately exp (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Yemen to reconsider expulsion of human rights official
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday encouraged the Yemen government to reconsider its decision to expel the country's human rights representative. The government claimed that George Abu al-Zulof, the human rights r (More) |
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2 Guantanamo detainees transferred to Ghana
Two Yemeni men captured in Afghanistan and detained at Guantanamo Bay for 14 years have been released to Ghana, officials said Wednesday. These two are among the 17 detainees scheduled for release this month . The men were suspected of training with (More) |
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UN rights office: Yemen civilian death toll reaches nearly 2,800
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Tuesday that the civilian death toll in Yemen has reached nearly 2,800 over nine months of fighting. The UN reported that the number of civilian deaths rose sharply in December de (More) |
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UN WFP to parties in Yemen conflict: allow food distributions in Taiz
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed to all the parties involved in the Yemen conflict to allow the safe passage of food to the city of Taiz where people have been going hungry for weeks. According to Muhannad Hadi, WFP Regional Director (More) |
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Unrivaled Cruelty: The Horror of Incendiary Weapons and Need for Stronger Law
JURIST Guest Columnist Bonnie Docherty of Human Rights Watch discusses the need to strengthen existing international law on incendiary weapons ... Incendiary weapons inflict almost unrivaled cruelty on their victims. Photos taken aft (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
