16th March 2016 The following are a selection of short videos used during our presentations during the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva 2016. I was working with http://www.arwarights.org and http://www.shebarights.org to present the case against the Saudi-led coalition, for war crimes and grave human rights violations against the people of Yemen…
Vanessa Beeley 21st Century Wire OpEd “The UN World Food Program (WFP) aids for the restricted Syrian civilians in Deir Ezzor city have landed mostly in ISIS controlled territories, a source in the city’s administration said Thursday.” A report in ALALAM states that WFP food drops have landed predominantly in ISIS held territory, despite UN claims…
28th February 2016 Heading to Geneva. The UN Human Rights Commission to present the case against the Saudi-led coalition for the use of illegal Cluster Bombs in Yemen’s densely populated civilian areas. A short statement written to accompany a harrowing video depicting the suffering of the Yemeni people that is being largely ignored by the…
16th February 2016 Statement prepared for the UN Human Rights Commission on behalf of Yemen by Sheba Rights. Yemen: The Endlessly Forgotten War. Saudi-led Coalition Cluster Bombs The Rain of Death for Yemeni Civilians Article 1, Convention on Cluster Munitions “An obligation never to use, produce, transfer or stockpile cluster munitions. It…
4th February 2016 This page will be added to, as I create new videos leading up to the UN Human Rights Summit in Geneva 1st March 2016, which I will be attending with delegates from Yemen and Lebanon to present the case for The illegal use of Cluster Bombs in Civilian areas The horrifying Humanitarian…
30th November 2015 By Felicity Arbuthnot for Dissident Voice As Prime Minister David Cameron attempts to persuade Parliament to back another illegal assault on a country posing no threat to the UK, Syria, it transpires that Britain may face war crimes charges anyway for arms sales to Saudi Arabia, arms being used to…
26th November 2015 An honour to be on UK Column with Kim Sharif of Human Rights for Yemen. This is a must watch, Kim deconstructs ALL western media, NGO and government myths that support the Saudi coalition’s systematic extermination of the Yemeni people. Thank you once more Mike Robinson. You and UK Column do an…
[This is a translation of an article that appeared in Al Akhbar [Arabic] a few days ago. Link below.] Ansar Allah detain two Americans on Espionage Charges Two Americans have been under surveillance who have regularly visited the site that is the current temporary residence of the UN team. The UN are based in the Sheraton Hotel…
Over 10 million people in Yemen are starving, 1 in 3 children are malnourished and these are the official statistics, the reality is probably far worse than what we are being told. There is only one functioning general hospital able to deal with critical injuries, situated in the capital Sanaa. The Saudi blockade and its…
We are the children of Yemen. You do not know our names, like Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy whose little lifeless body was found washed up on a beach in Turkey, or Ali Saad Dawabsheh, the 18-month-old Palestinian baby who was burnt alive after Jewish settlers set his house on fire in the middle…
The Wall Will Fall 