Five killed at south Yemen rally

November 25, 2009

Five people, two of them soldiers, have died in southern Yemen in clashes between security forces and protesters demanding secession, officials say.

Update Alert: Yemen – Escalating sectarian violence causes severe humanitarian crisis

November 19, 2009

Escalating violence in Yemen causes a humanitarian disaster.

PRESS RELEASE: Yemen – Reports suggest use of phosphorus bombs

November 19, 2009

Saudi forces allegedly using phosphorus bombs in civilian areas.

URGENT ALERT: Yemen – Yemeni political prisoner Ibrahim Ali Al-Nashery dies in police custody, authorities offer no explanation

April 29, 2009

Write to the minister of foreign affairs in your country expressing concern over the death of Mr Al-Nashery, and urging him/her to raise this issue with his/her Yemeni counterparts.

Forwarded Alert: Yemen – Authorities urged to think twice after freelance journalist given six-year sentence

July 8, 2008

Reporters Without Borders condemns the six-year prison sentence on freelance journalist Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani.

Alert: Prominent Muslim Scholar Imam Anwar al-Awlaki Detained in Yemen

November 28, 2006

A prominent Muslim scholar who has been detained incommunicado for the past two months in Yemen and may face torture or ill treatment in custody. Sample letters are pasted below.