Bonyan Gamal is a lawyer based in Sana’a, Yemen. She is currently an Accountability and Redress Officer at Mwatana for Human Rights. She has been working at Mwatana for 6 years. For two years she worked as a field researcher documenting human rights violations by all parties to the conflict, covering several governorates around Yemen. She then worked in the Legal Support Unit providing legal support for the victims of detention related abuses in Yemen, focusing on Sana’a and supervising the team of lawyers in Aden and Al Houdeida governorates. She worked on several cases involving Baha’i and Jewish minorities in Sana’a as well as several cases involving women. She is now working on promoting proper accountability in Yemen through international legal action. She also works on several issues in the international field including international arms trade and US drone operations and detentions in the region.  

Participant in: January/February 2022 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes