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More than 32,000 Yemenis displaced in two months: UN

Intensified hostilities in Yemen have forced more than 32,000 people to flee their homes in the past two months, the United Nations refugee agency has said. They join some two million Yemenis already displaced by the war, the UNHCR said in a statement on Thursday. "The arrival...

HRW accuses Saudi Arabia of repression despite reforms

Human Rights Watch accused Saudi Arabia Thursday of violating international humanitarian law in Yemen and stepping up arrests and prosecutions of activists seeking reform or voicing peaceful dissent. In its World Report 2018, which reviews human rights practices in more than 90...

Yemen rebels release prominent activist held nearly 6 months

Yemen's Houthi rebels have released a prominent activist nearly six months after detaining him. International rights groups had appealed for Hisham al-Omeisy's release since he was detained on Aug. 14 in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital. Al-Omeisy's brother, Essam, said he was released...