Yemen - September 2022

A Supreme Court judge was abducted and killed in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, by an armed group connected to the Houthi movement, according to the Yemeni government. Judges and administrative workers have suspended court operations in protest over the killing, demanding that those involved be charged. The killing is one of a series of violent incidents against members of the judiciary that occurred within a week between the end of August and early September 2022. Attacks against the judiciary over the course of the 7-year conflict have been documented in the 2020 Annual Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, but the Yemen Judges Club has warned of escalation if an appropriate response to these latest incidents is not taken. 

Sources: BBC Monitoring Service, ‘Briefing: Yemen government condemns killing of judge by “Houthi-linked” group’, 1 September 2022, < https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c203pmmj> accessed 14 November 2022, OHCHR