CAAT is delighted to welcome to the UK Mr. Abdulrasheed Al Fakih, Executive Director of Mwatana for Human Rights.
Mwatana works to investigate, document, and expose human rights and international humanitarian law violations by all parties to the conflict in Yemen. They have strongly supported the campaign by CAAT and other organisations around the world campaigning against arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen, and were jointly nominated along with CAAT for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
While in the UK, Rasheed will be meeting with MPs and civil society groups, and will be joining us at the Frontline Club for this event to discuss the current situation in Yemen.
The recent truce in Yemen has created a rare moment of hope in the 8-year long war in Yemen, with a halt to air strikes, only occasional violations on the ground, and an easing of the devastating Saudi blockade. Yet the country remains in the depths of a humanitarian catastrophe made even worse by the effects of the war in Ukraine, and the ceasefire remains fragile, with little sign yet of it turning into lasting peace. All sides to the conflict continue to abuse human rights, while western powers including the UK continue to pour arms into the situation, to Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Speaking alongside Rasheed will be:
Dr. Valentina Azarova of Manchester International Law Center, an international law practitioner and academic, who has written on the legality of arms transfers in relation to the war in Yemen.
Dr. Samuel Perlo-Freeman, Research Coordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade.
Sarah Al-areqi, Researcher – Iraq and Yemen, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
Katie Fallon, Parliamentary Coordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade (moderator)
The event will be hybrid in-person and online. When registering, please be sure to select the appropriate ticket type, for in-person or online attendance, as there is only limited capacity at the venue.
A Zoom webinar link will be sent out nearer the time for online participants.
Register here to attend.