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Riham Al-Bader

Date

20 November 2020

Topics
Civil & political rights
Region
West Asia
Languages

– 2018 · Killed

Riham was a lawyer and activist committed to monitoring rights violations in Yemen.

She worked with other activists to supply civilians trapped by Houthi militias in the outskirts of the city of Taiz with food and water.

Riham was killed in February 2018 and it is unconfirmed whether she was killed by a sniper or hit by an aircraft. Nobody has been held accountable for her murder. 

 

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