2020

 Dozens of Yemeni students have refused to be evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), sources reported on Wednesday. The sources explained that 120 Yemen students preferred to stay in the Chinese city…

Intense clashes in Yemen’s Al Hazam City, this month have caused massive displacement with an estimated 1,800 families forced to flee their homes, according to a flash update from UN humanitarian coordination office, OCHA.…

Human rights defenders working in conflict and post-conflict situations need to be given greater recognition, protection and support, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday, in his latest report to the Human Rights Council in…

Many global programmes aimed at countering violent extremism have negative impacts on human rights and may even ‘foster radicalization’ rather than preventing it, an independent UN human rights expert warned on Wednesday.…

The organizing committee of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a major UN conference scheduled to take place in March, has decided to cut the event down to a one-day meeting, citing current concerns surrounding the…

The extent of the damage to the global economy caused by novel coronavirus COVID-19 moved further into focus on Wednesday as UN economists announced a likely $50 billion drop in worldwide manufacturing exports in February alone.…

Difficult winter weather conditions, road congestion and military manoeuvres are restricting humanitarian aid delivery to desperate civilians in the Syrian province of Idlib, where a Government operation to weed out extremists has…

Tens of thousands of Yemenis in the northern Jawf province face a dire humanitarian situation after being forcibly displaced by a Houthi military escalation. Many have fled to the nearby Marib province. The Executive Unit for the…

The Director of the Office of the President met with the President of the Supreme Council for the Administration and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation, Ahmed Hamed, and the Regional Director of the United…

Five citizens were killed and wounded by a US-Saudi airstrike, targeted them on Al-Jawf Marib road. The Human Rights Office in Al-Jawf governorate condemned the coalition’s targeting of travelers on Al-Jawf Marib road The Human Rights…