Yemen cracking down under pressure

Scores of women in yemen are currently languishing in houthi jails accused of prostitution, despite a longstanding taboo in the conservative country against womens detention. Journalists in yemen under attack from all sides as rival forces crack down on critics. Cracking down under pressure, found it was extremely likely that the saudi air force deployed uksupplied tornado fighterbombers in the strikes over northern yemen in. Yemen under saleh has been a vital us partner in cracking down on alqaeda in the arabian peninsula, the yemeni franchise of. On december 4, 2015, the middle east program at the woodrow wilson center hosted the event yemen between war and political solution, with mohammad alshami, youth activist, advocacy trainer, and former leaders for democracy fellow at maxwell school. Following weeks of deadly protests a number of army officers and ambassadors have announced support for. The group known as al qaeda in the arabian peninsula claimed responsibility for the. The saudi coalition is increasingly cracking down on irans maritime supply routes along yemens western coastline. Al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap is cracking down on.

Cracking down under pressure 7 early 2010 was particularly intense, involving heavy aerial bombardment by yemeni security forces and the saudi arabian military, many civilian casualties and the displacement of around 280,000 people. Ceasefire yemen under pressure from fighting put off for several days 20181216t23. Cracking down under pressure amnesty international. The government announced last tuesday that, starting in june, it would begin allowing women to drive. Scores of yemeni women arrested by houthis in political.

A search of youtube today for the cleric anwar alawlaki turns up just 18,600 videos, down from more than 70,000 this fall, and the vast majority are news reports about him, debates over the. Amnesty links british jets to saudi attacks in yemen. Yemens southern separatists said on thursday they were ready to attend a. Aqap, which has executed suspected spies previously, may feel under pressure after the loss of four senior leaders in the past six months. Irans growing casualty count in yemen war on the rocks. Birth of the houthi rebellion the houthi group has its origins in a moderate theological. Whats really driving the saudiled attacks on yemen.

Sean spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown politico. Cracking down under pressure, includes unlawful killings of those accused of links to alqaeda and southern movement activists, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, torture and unfair trials. Sunni coalition forces have captured three red sea ports and two archipelagos previously used by iran to store and smuggle weapons into houthi. In watershed moment, youtube blocks extremist clerics. Yemen abandons human rights in the name of countering. Cracking down under pressure, says that yemeni authorities have bowed to pressure from the united states and saudi arabia to deal harshly with the twin threats of yemens. The decision will allow more women to participate in the saudi workforce and will grant greater freedom of movement to women, who previously needed male.

Cracking dow n under pressure am nesty international. Saudi arabia and uae attempt to paper over yemen cracks world. Senior british diplomat moonlights for the saudi crown princes pr firm. The saudis came up with a humanitarian plan for yemen under. Enormous pressure yemen is the poorest country in the middle east, with dwindling oil reserves, a growing population and a weak, incomplete central government, so donations are vital. Since unification, the economy has been forced to sustain the consequences of yemens support for iraq during the 199091 persian gulf war. Sanaa, yemen yemens leader came under new pressure wednesday as influential clerics, tribal leaders and some members of yemens opposition presented a plan for a peaceful transition of power. Saudi arabia is the cause of yemens atrocities yet the u. In the south, security forces are alleged to have targeted for. The international human rights watchdog organization says that. Others journalists described being put under direct pressure to toe.

Yemen under saleh has been a vital us partner in cracking down on alqaeda in the arabian peninsula, the yemeni franchise of the global islamist. Ceasefire yemen under pressure from fighting put off for. The multiple clashes between a caravan of migrants and mexican troops this week illustrates how serious mexico is about blocking u. After pressure from the us, yemen announced he had been taken back into. At the time of unification, south yemen and north yemen had vastly different but equally struggling underdeveloped economic systems.

Yemens dark side discrimination and violence against women and girls. Amnesty international has put some of the spotlight on the czech republic in a report about the situation in conflict ridden yemen. Senior british diplomat moonlights for the saudi crown. Yemens president under new pressure the washington post.

In the late 2000s, saudi authorities began cracking down on alqaeda in saudi arabia, chasing it across the southern border with yemen. Excaptives describe torture by yemens houthi rebels. The yemeni authorities, facing growing internal and external. Cracking down under pressure full report, august 2010 the political challenge of yemens southern movement, carnegie endowment report, march 2010 human rights watch report on. Uksupplied planes attacked yemen london evening standard. After defections from the military to the opposition and the resignation of a number of. Yemeni authorities are abandoning human rights in the name of security, the report, entitled cracking down under pressure, says. Continues to exacerbate the conflict by november 30, 2017 december 2, 2017 written by guy saperstein, kelsey abkin alternet. Saudi arabia and uae attempt to paper over yemen cracks.

Southern separatists chafe under a government that they see as an obstacle in the way of their ultimate goal. Breaking down loyalties in 2015, houthi rebels loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh forced hadis government out of the capital of sanaa and into the port city of aden. Nonetheless, the central government has never exercised full control over yemens rural areas in either the north or the south. Yemen expands crackdown on prodemocracy movement, deports journalists. Saudi arabias notorious restrictions on womens rights will get a bit less onerous. The yemen war began in march 2015, when saudi arabia led a military coalition in an attempt to put down an insurgency by ethnic houthis, who seized power months earlier in the capital city of sanaa. Yemens houthi rebels, bruised by the defection of their powerful ally, former president ali abdullah saleh, said they fired a ballistic missile at a nuclear power plant in abu dhabi, but the. In yemen pressure is growing on president ali abdullah saleh to stand down. Indeed, while the houthis and its allies in yemen remain vastly underequipped to fight the saudiled coalition, yemens history is full of stories of mighty empires coming to break their heads. Since then, the saudi and emiratibacked coalition has worked to push back the houthis and to prevent the hadi government from failing entirely. Yemen cracking down on al qaeda islamic jihad watch. Journalists in yemen under attack from all sides as rival forces crack. Yemen between war and political solution wilson center.

Amnesty international report cites unlawful killings and. The economy of yemen is one of the poorest and leastdeveloped in the world. Yemen has been cracking down on militants, earning praise from washington. Drone strikes first began in 2002, before intensifying greatly under obama, as terrorist attacks in the west that were planned abroad were increasingly linked to networks that included somalia and yemen. Three experts offered their analysis on the ongoing conflict in yemen and assessed the prospects for a political solution. Press secretary sean spicer is cracking down on leaks coming out of the west wing, with increased security measures that include random phone checks of white house staffers, overseen by white. Yemen separatists say ready for talks in saudi arabia over aden. Cracking down under pressure documents a catalogue of human rights violations including unlawful killings of those accused of links to alqaida and southern movement activists, and arbitrary arrests, torture and unfair trials. The houthis have sought to entrench their rule by cracking down on a. Alqaeda is almost the least of yemens problems cbc news. The attack is likely meant to goad the al houthis into overreacting and cracking down further on salafists or suspected isis or al qaeda sympathizers. Pressure is growing on yemens president to stand down.