Ali Jameel

(@ajmeel91) is a Yemen-based human rights defender. Former Accountability and Advocacy Director at Mwatana for Human Rights . He has led investigations and reporting on a wide range of issues, including civilian harm caused by the Saudi/UAE-led Coalition air campaign, the use of Western weapons in the Saudi/UAE-led Coalition attacks , torture and other detention-related abuse at unofficial detention facilities across Yemen, and the use of starvation as a weapon of war by parties to the ongoing conflict. He has also led the investigations and fact-finding that resulted in a communication to the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICC. He is a former fellow at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and practitioner-in-residence at the Human Rights Clinic of Columbia Law School.

Ali Jameel

Starvation by Warfare

The Airstrikes Against Yemen’s Farms​ Starvation by Warfare​ Ali Jameel Kristine Beckerle May 18, 2021 The article was published on opiniojuris.org The Al-Aqil family lived and worked on a farm amidst the Tihama Plain, a stunning landscape stretching across the western coast of Yemen, and known for its fertile land. They lived as many in Yemen

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