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Radhya Al-Mutawakel

Radhya Al-Mutawakel
Radhya al-Mutawakel on 11 September 2017
Born (1976-04-12) 12 April 1976 (age 48)
NationalityYemeni
Occupation(s)Human rights defender, activist, organisational leader
Known forHuman rights activism, documenting violations of international humanitarian law, advocacy and campaigning on human rights
SpouseAbdulrasheed Al-Faqih
AwardsColumbia Law School Global Advocate Award, won jointly with Abdulrasheed Al-Faqih Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Human Rights and Freedom of Speech Defender for October 2017

Radhya Al-Mutawakel (born 12 April 1976)[1] is a human rights defender and the Yemeni co-founder and chairperson of Mwatana Organisation For Human Rights,[2] an independent organisation working to defend and protect human rights in Yemen. Al-Mutawakel and Mwatana's recent work has focused on documenting alleged human rights abuses by all parties to the current conflict in Yemen, including by the United States, the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi forces.[3] She has briefed the UN Security Council on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, becoming the first person to do so, and has written widely and appeared in a range of media outlets, including Vice News,[4] the Guardian,[5] and The New Internationalist,[6] talking about human rights violations during the conflict.

Al-Mutawakel was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019.[7]

  1. ^ "Wire" (PDF). amnesty.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Mwatana for Human Rights". mwatana.org. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  3. ^ "European responsibility for war crimes in Yemen". www.ecchr.eu. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ^ "This Was the Year Yemen Was Destroyed | VICE News". VICE News. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. ^ al-Mutawakel, Radhya (11 September 2017). "I've seen how arms sales fuel deadly suffering in Yemen. We must stop them | Radhya al-Mutawakel". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Human rights in the Yemeni Civil War: a word with Radhya Almutawakel". New Internationalist. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Radhya Almutawakel: The 100 Most Influential People of 2019". TIME. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

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