On 21 October 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of 29 activists arrested on 12 October 2015 by the Houthi-Saleh Coalition in the central Yemeni city of Ibb during an open meeting held to prepare a peaceful march organised to provide drinking water to the population of the besieged city of Taiz.

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On 27 October 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (SR SUMX) on behalf of the Al Salwi family, whose house was hit in September 2015 by a Saudi-led Coalition airstrike, which killed one family member, a teenage girl, and injured 10 others.

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On 19 October 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (SR SUMMEX) regarding the case of 27 schoolgirls victim of two car bombs detonated at a checkpoint controlled by the Houthi-Saleh Coalition in the southwest city of Rada'a, Al Bayda Governorate, in December 2014.

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On 12 October 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) as well as an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the cases of two Yemeni citizens victims of the Houthi-Saleh Coalition in Sanaa. Both Imam Abdulmajid bin Mahmoud Ali Al Hatari, who peacefully condemned violence in his sermons, and Hisham Masad Ahmed Naji Al Mahia are currently unlawfully detained by the Houthi-Saleh Coalition.

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On 8 September 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (SR SUMX) regarding the case of 27 members of a same family killed by an air strike launched by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen in May 2015.

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On 3 September 2015, Alkarama sent and urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of nine media workers abducted by armed Houthi forces from Sana'a's Dream Castle Hotel on 9 June 2015 and disappeared since their transfer to an unknown location the following month. It is suspected that the reason behind the victims' abduction is that all of them had previously documented human rights violations committed by Houthi forces.

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On 6 May 2015, during its 54th session, the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) adopted a List of 34 issues prior to reporting (LoIPR), which was transmitted to Yemen as to facilitate the preparation of the report by the authorities. The UN experts inquired about the steps taken by the State to enforce the absolute prohibition of torture in a time of armed conflict, adopt a definition of torture compliant with the UN Convention against Torture (UNCAT), prosecute the perpetrators of such acts and ensure that detainees are provided with all fundamental safeguards. All these issues had been raised in Alkarama's list of 56 issues that it submitted to the CAT in February 2015 in view of the adoption of the LOIPR.

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A new report released in an online panel discussion by Alkarama on 24 June 2015 shows the traumatising impact that the U.S. drone policy has on civilians in Yemen, leading to considerable resentment and setting a dangerous precedent for the entire international community by trampling on fundamental rights and safeguards in complete secrecy and without accountability.

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On 24 June 2015 at 5.30pm, Alkarama will launch its new report on "Traumatising Skies: U.S. Drone Operations and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Civilians in Yemen." The event will take the form of an online discussion will feature a panel of four experts from diverse backgrounds, including military, legal and psychiatry.

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