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class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126224615im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/SLW_web_0.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/20/how-help-yemen-come-unstuck">How to Help Yemen Come Unstuck</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Commentary</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Last week's shutdown of Sanaa's airport by security forces seeking to reverse President Abed Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi's dismissal of top brass loyal to the <em>ancien regime </em>exemplified exactly where Yemen is stuck.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126224615im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Syria_OneYear.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/29/arab-league-carry-out-monitor-syria-sanctions">Arab League: Carry Out, Monitor Syria Sanctions</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The League of Arab States should at its summit in Baghdad that began on March 27, 2012, commit to carrying out and monitoring the implementation of the targeted sanctions against the Syrian leadership it agreed to in November 2011.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126224615im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Yemen_Salahimmunityprotest.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/29/yemen-governments-should-oppose-saleh-s-immunity">Yemen: Governments Should Oppose Saleh’s Immunity</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Yemeni President Ali Abudllah Saleh’s arrival in the United States for medical treatment highlights the need for international action to serve justice for serious crimes in Yemen.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/28/hold-yemen-officials-who-sanctioned-civilian-attacks-accountable">Hold Yemen Officials Who Sanctioned Civilian Attacks Accountable</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 28, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Commentary</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>During an artillery barrage last Nov. 11, Yemeni security forces killed 13 civilians in the city of Taizz. One of them was a patient at al-Rawdha Hospital, which mortar rounds and tank fire struck seven times as the wounded poured in for emergency care.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/23/yemen-amnesty-saleh-and-aides-unlawful">Yemen: Amnesty for Saleh and Aides Unlawful</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 23, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>A new law granting amnesty to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his aides violates Yemen’s international legal obligations, Human Rights Watch said today. The sweeping law provides domestic immunity from criminal prosecution for serious international crimes such as the deadly attacks on peaceful demonstrators in 2011.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126224615im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2012_Yemen_protestimmunity.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/10/yemen-reject-immunity-law-president-saleh-and-aides">Yemen: Reject Immunity Law for President Saleh and Aides</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 10, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Yemen’s parliament should reject a draft law that would grant amnesty to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and anyone who served with him for crimes committed during his 33-year rule. The sweeping measure could result in impunity for serious international crimes such as deadly attacks on anti-government demonstrators in 2011.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/18/nobel-laureate-tawakkol-karman-demands-security-council-take-action-yemen">Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman Demands Security Council Take Action on Yemen</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 18, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Commentary</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Back in January, when the Arab Spring didn’t even have a name, Yemeni authorities threw Tawakkol Karman in jail for two days for helping stage a rally in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126224615im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2010_Yemen0310.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/04/06/yemen-investigate-laws-war-violations">Yemen: Investigate Laws-of-War Violations</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 7, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Yemeni government and Huthi rebels should investigate alleged violations of the laws of war during the recent conflict and hold all those responsible to account.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126224615/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126224615/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-3"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130126224615/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - 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