Yemen’s Unabating Suffering: War, Poverty and COVID-19
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is being exacerbated by the spread of COVID-19. The world needs to act.
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Yemeni Baha’i Says Hamed Haydara’s Recieved Unfair Appeal Hearing, No Verdict Yet
Yemeni Baha’is say that Hamed Haydara, a Baha’i sentenced to death one year ago, received unfair treatment by a judge in an appeal hearing on Monday. A Baha’i in Yemen told Conatus News that Hamed Bin Haydara, a Baha’i sentenced to death by Yemen’s ruling Houthi party Ansar Allah since January 2018, received unfair and […]
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What Can You Do When You Hate That Your Country Sells Arms to Saudi Arabia
In the first episode of Conatus Views Season 2, Dan Fisher and Beatrice Louis discuss the airstrike by the Saudi – led coalition on a Yemeni school bus in Saada on August 9th killing nearly 79, many of them children. Subsequently, it had been reported that the bomb used was supplied by US manufacturer Lockheed […]
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Yemen’s Potential Baha’i Executions Mirror Revolutionary Iran
International pressure stopped Iran’s executions of Baha’is in the 1980s. Today, it can do the same thing for Baha’is in Yemen. The world must not let another teenage girl die. The date was June 18, 1983. A seventeen-year-old girl was publically hung in the middle of a polo field in Shiraz, Iran, during the night. […]
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The Growing Tide of Violent Rhetoric Against Baha’is in Houthi Yemen
Yemen’s Houthis incite violence against Baha’is on social media. On March 23, Yemen’s Houthi leader Abdel-Malek Al-Houthi made a speech in which he called the Baha’i faith a “satanic” movement that wished to “wage war” against Islam. On the same day of Al-Houthi’s speech, Houthi activist Ahmed Ayed published a tweet stating “we will […]
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Houthi Secretary-General Accuses Baha’is of Dividing Muslims
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis accuse Baha’is of seeking to divide Muslims, in an effort to incite hatred against the religious minority. In a statement last week, Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badreddin Al-Houthi, the Secretary-General of Yemen’s Shia political party Ansar Allah, accused Baha’is of seeking to create disunity among Muslims. An article in ParsToday said: “Explaining that the […]
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Families of Yemeni Baha’is Await Their Release After UN Resolution
The United Nations has passed a resolution demanding the release of Yemeni Baha’is imprisoned for their faith. But their families have yet to hear good news. On September 29th, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed a resolution demanding that Yemen’s government release the seven Baha’is imprisoned for their faith. The resolution, titled “Human Rights, […]
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Iran’s Influence in Yemen is Bad News for Baha’is
Yemen’s Iran-backed government arrests Baha’is, even sentencing one to death. Conatus News spoke with the brother of one imprisoned Baha’i.
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