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Humanitarian reform must be a collective endeavour
Saferworld's executive director calls for a collective approach to making humanitarian work more sensitive to conflict.
19 August 2018
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Saferworld statement on bus strike in Saada, Yemen
Saferworld’s Yemen team condemns the horrifying airstrike on a school bus in the Saada governorate.
14 August 2018
News & events
Letter to UK Foreign Secretary urging condemnation of airstrike on a school bus in Saada, Yemen
A letter by a group of NGOs, including Saferworld, urging UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to condemn an airstrike on a school bus in Saada, Yemen.
10 August 2018
Comment & analysis
Saferworld statement on UK arms exports report by the Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC)
Saferworld welcomes the publication of the report on UK arms exports during 2016 by the Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC).
19 July 2018
Comment & analysis
New UK counter terror strategy lacks a coherent approach to conflict overseas
The UK’s updated counter terrorism strategy (CONTEST) acknowledges the links between terror threats in the UK and conflict overseas. Yet it fails to apply the hard lessons from flawed UK counter-terror and stabilisation efforts overseas in recent years. It is thus a missed opportunity to show how the UK can reduce the terror threat at home by coherently promoting peace abroad, argues Bénédicte Goderiaux.
4 July 2018
Comment & analysis
Letter to Liam Fox, secretary of state for international trade, UK Government: The UK must halt arms to the Saudi-led coalition
The directors of Amnesty International UK, Control Arms, Saferworld and United Nations Association - UK, call on the UK secretary of state to halt all arms and ammunition transfers to the Saudi-led coalition.
20 June 2018
News & events
Solidarity and exile: voices of the Syrian refugee crisis - photo exhibition, London
photos by Diego Ibarra Sanchez and Syrian journalist Ali Alsheikh Khedr gives an insight into the lives of Syrian refugees and Lebanese hosts.
20 June 2018
News & events
Joint statement: International NGOs condemn the attack on Hodeida
The consequences of this attack are catastrophic for the people of Hodeida, as well as for the rest of the country who rely on Hodeida’s port for food, fuel and commercial goods, including life-saving supplies of medicines.
14 June 2018
News & events
Letter to UK Foreign Secretary urging against attack on Hodeidah
A letter by a group of NGOs, including Saferworld, urging UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to prevent an attack on the port city of Hodeidah in Yemen.
12 June 2018
Comment & analysis
The UK, the US and France must prevent a Saudi and UAE backed assault on Hodeida
There is no military solution to the war in Yemen. Only an inclusive peace process will end the devastation.
7 June 2018