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Yemen's disabled people wish for normal life

Yemen's disabled people wish for normal life

Ammar Saleh, a 7-year-old Yemeni boy, hoped to walk again ten months after he lost his right leg during an airstrike when the world commemorates th…

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Child marriages rise as families struggle to cope in Yemen

Child marriages rise as families struggle to cope in Yemen

Nezar* left his country, Yemen, and is now living in Europe. In Europe, he left Islam and became a follower of Jesus. Now he tries to help the Yeme…

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Yemeni man dies after 5 months of torture by Houthis, rights group says

Yemeni man dies after 5 months of torture by Houthis, rights group says

The Yemeni Abductees’ Mothers Association said on Tuesday that Sadiq Ahmed Yahya Al-Ghawi died after five months of torture at the hands of the Hou…

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Lost youth: Yemeni children open Smurfs car wash to help their father

Lost youth: Yemeni children open Smurfs car wash to help their father

It is a Friday afternoon and three young brothers are washing cars outside.  For these skinny children, there is no school and there…

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Yemen girl allegedly shot by Houthi sniper while fetching water in Taiz

Yemen girl allegedly shot by Houthi sniper while fetching water in Taiz

A young girl was targeted allegedly by a Houthi sniper while fetching water for her family in the Yemeni city of Taiz yesterday. Horrific…

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Calls for Houthis to release head of Yemen university

Calls for Houthis to release head of Yemen university

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) on Monday called on the Houthis to release Dr Hameed Mohammed Aklan, rector of the University of Science an…

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Women face rise in domestic violence due to coronavirus lockdown in Yemen, report says

Women face rise in domestic violence due to coronavirus lockdown in Yemen, report says

Recent reports of violence against women since COVID-19 restrictions were imposed in Yemen indicate that the levels of violence have risen further,…

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Rights group: Yemen’s Houthis ban entry of medicine, food to detainees

Rights group: Yemen’s Houthis ban entry of medicine, food to detainees

The Yemeni Abductees Mothers’ Association said yesterday that the Houthis have prevented the entry of medicine and food to the detainees in Sana’a’…

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Houthis Accused of Discrimination against COVID-19 Victims

Houthis Accused of Discrimination against COVID-19 Victims

Houthi militias seldom miss opportunities to aggravate the suffering of Yemenis and that is most recently evident with the group’s cover-up of real…

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Yemeni Rights Minister Calls For Nationwide Ceasefire To Prepare Country For COVID-19

Yemeni Rights Minister Calls For Nationwide Ceasefire To Prepare Country For COVID-19

 Yemen's Minister for Human Rights Mohammad Askar in an interview with Sputnik called for a nationwide ceasefire to help prepare the country f…

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Yemenis Must not Be Forgotten In This Pandemic

Yemenis Must not Be Forgotten In This Pandemic

March 26 marked five years of war in Yemen, a grisly milestone that will barely register as the world grapples with the realities of the coronaviru…

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Houthis Exploit Coronavirus Fears to Exacerbate Yemenis’ Suffering

Houthis Exploit Coronavirus Fears to Exacerbate Yemenis’ Suffering

The Houthi militias are using fears of the new coronavirus as a pretext to exacerbate the suffering of Yemenis and suppress them in areas they run.…

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Yemenis Say Houthis Outdo ISIS in Violating Media Freedom

Yemenis Say Houthis Outdo ISIS in Violating Media Freedom

Iranian-backed coup militias ratcheted up violations and crimes against various media outlets and journalists in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the…

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Yemeni minister blasts Houthi attack on activist

Yemeni minister blasts Houthi attack on activist

Human rights officials and activists in Yemen have condemned a Houthi attack on a female teacher who criticized the group for not paying her salary…

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UN relief condemns attacks against humanitarian premises in Yemen

UN relief condemns attacks against humanitarian premises in Yemen

The top UN humanitarian official has called for a thorough investigation into weekend attacks against the premises of three international aid organ…

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Yemen Govt. Accuses Houthis of Abducting, Recruiting Female Students

Yemen Govt. Accuses Houthis of Abducting, Recruiting Female Students

Information Minister in Yemen’s legitimate government Moammar al-Eryani accused the Iran-backed Houthi militias of waging a systematic campaign to…

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Yemeni women demand equality in the midst of war

Yemeni women demand equality in the midst of war

Applause rang out in a conference hall in the Yemeni city of Al Mukalla on Tuesday as a university professor revealed the number of female teaching…

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Amnesty: Yemen's disabled are neglected, and suffering

Amnesty: Yemen's disabled are neglected, and suffering

Yemen's civil war has exacted an enormous toll on people with disabilities, who find themselves on the margins of society and excluded from badly n…

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Yemen: Tragedy of 800 children hungry and cold in orphanage

Yemen: Tragedy of 800 children hungry and cold in orphanage

Every morning, Ahmed Al-Jawhar wakes up in a room he shares with five others in an orphanage in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The child goes to eat bre…

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WHO: 250,000 Yemenis at brink of starvation

WHO: 250,000 Yemenis at brink of starvation

250,000 Yemenis are on the brink of death from hunger, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Sunday. “The ongoing conflict and…

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