Saudi Arabia

Saudi lobbies against UN commission of inquiry into rights violations in Yemen

Sep 30, 2017 03:19

Saudi Arabia has successfully lobbied against the establishment of a commission of inquiry into allegations of human rights violations in Yemen, where Riyadh’s war machine has been breathing fire during the past two-and-a-half years.
Fresh Saudi airstrikes leave over dozen civilians dead in Yemen

Sep 30, 2017 01:51

More than a dozen civilians have been killed and several others injured when Saudi military aircraft carried out separate airstrikes against residential areas across Yemen as the Riyadh regime does not shy away from its atrocious bombardment campaign against its southern neighbor.
ICRC: Yemen cholera cases could reach 1 million by 2017 end

Sep 29, 2017 10:43

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned against the spread of cholera in Yemen, saying the number of those infected with the disease could hit one million by the end of 2017.
UK accused of blocking UN probe of Saudi war crimes in Yemen

Sep 29, 2017 09:00

Amid Saudi threats, Britain is trying to throw a wrench into a new attempt at the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent international inquiry into the war crimes being committed by Riyadh and its allies in their war against Yemen.
Riyadh bullying countries to kill UN probe on Yemen

Sep 27, 2017 02:33

In a letter seen by AFP, Riyadh has threatened economic retaliation against countries that vote in favor of a UN resolution setting up an international probe into human rights violations in Yemen.
Labour slams UK ‘hypocrisy’ with Saudi, Bahrain

Sep 26, 2017 09:37

UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s “utter silence” in the face of human rights abuses by countries like Saudi Arabia and Bahrain illustrates her “hypocrisy,” says a Labour Member of Parliament.
Saudi regime allows clerics to preach hatred against minorities: HRW

Sep 26, 2017 06:51

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Saudi Arabia has permitted government-appointed scholars and clerics to incite hatred and discrimination against the country’s religious minorities, including Shia Muslims.
UK under pressure as US doubles strikes in Yemen

Sep 25, 2017 10:56

US President Donald Trump has doubled his country’s secret military operations in Yemen, according to a new report, causing unease for close allies like the UK which is already accused of complicity in Saudi Arabia’s war on the impoverish country.
Ansarullah mock Saudi FM's display of pity for Rohingyas

Sep 24, 2017 09:42

Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has mocked Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir's recent condemnation of Myanmar’s deadly crackdown on Rohingya Muslims while the Riyadh regime is itself killing Yemenis.
Saudi used US-made bomb in August airstrike on Sana'a: Amnesty

Sep 22, 2017 12:00

Amnesty International says a bomb used by the Saudi regime in a fatal airstrike on an apartment building in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, in August was made in the United States.