Challenges to Supporting Yemen’s At-Risk Human Rights Defenders and Journalists

Facing immense barriers to relaying war reporting and rights investigations to international audiences, Yemeni human rights defenders and journalists are in need of diverse, creative support.

by Erin Kilbride

Yemeni human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists face immense barriers to relaying war reporting and rights investigations to international audiences. At home, travel restrictions, digital security risks, and physical attacks make their professions dangerous, if not impossible. Internationally, oversimplified and sectarian-driven ide…