📅 April 1968
The ICRC deployed surgeons from European National Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in Sana’a, part of a long humanitarian operation amid the North Yemen civil war.
📅 Sèptèmber 1972
During the renewed North-South conflict, the ICRC visited conflict-related detainees in Sana’a and sent medical supplies to Taiz. The record shows a humanitarian response as well as the interstate...
📅 Novèmber 1972
The ICRC visited North Yemeni soldiers interned in Aden and continued detention-related work on both sides following the October ceasefire and unity agreement.
📅 Febrüari 1981
An ICRC delegate visited the PDRY for the first time since 1976 and gained access to about 400 detainees, including political prisoners. The renewed access followed years of restricted humanitarian...
📅 1984
At the end of 1984, North Yemen authorized the ICRC to visit all prisons, including facilities holding security detainees. Visits began in 1985. This created a limited channel for monitoring detention...
📅 1985
ICRC delegates started visits to prisons across North Yemen, including sites holding security detainees. This monitoring offered a limited channel for documenting conditions amid armed opposition...
