The Heat: Yemen Crisis

The Heat

Under the United Nations brokered deal, both sides will free more than 1,000 prisoners and detainees, steps aimed at reviving a stalled peace process.  The Yemen war, now in its sixth year, has killed tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians and sparked what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

To Discuss:

  • Radhya Al Mutawakel is Co-founder and Chairperson of Mwatana Organization For Human Rights
  • Baraa Shiban is Middle East and North Africa caseworker at ​the human rights organization, Reprieve
  • Elisabeth Kendall is Senior Research Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies, at Oxford University’s Pembroke College
  • Gerald Feierstein is Senior Vice President of the Middle East Institute and ​former US Ambassador to Yemen

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