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UN denounces possible war crimes of Saudi Arabia and UAE in Yemen
EFE / EPA / SALVATORE DI NOLFI Geneva, Sep 8 (EFE) .- The international coalition that supports the Government of
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UN denounces possible war crimes of Saudi Arabia and UAE in Yemen
admin by admin September 8, 2021 in Entertainment
Geneva, Sep 8 (EFE) .- The international coalition that supports the Government of Yemen after seven years of civil war, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has committed human rights violations that could constitute war crimes, highlights a report released today by the United Nations.
The document, the fourth one prepared by the commission of three UN experts for the conflict and which focuses on the period between July 2020 and June 2021, adds that the rest of the actors in Yemen, including the Government, the Transitional Council the South and the Houthi rebels have also committed serious violations.
As in its previous report, the commission asks the UN to renew its mandate for another year, to bring possible war crimes to the International Criminal Court and to expand the list of people sanctioned by the Security Council for their alleged participation in human rights violations.
In the last year studied, the tripartite commission has confirmed at least four more bombings by the international coalition, including those that occurred in Hajah and Jawf provinces, which hit civilian homes.
Since they began their investigations in 2018, UN experts have denounced at least 30 coalition bombings that caused civilian casualties, in a country that according to the report “suffers more than 10 attacks of this type every day.”
HUTE ATTACKS AGAINST CIVIL TARGETS
In this latest report, the commission also denounces that attacks with mortar and other projectiles against civilian targets continue, in this case carried out mainly by the de facto Houthi government, including one against Aden airport in December 2020 and another against a residential area in Marib (west), main front of hostilities in recent months.
In addition, “several cities in Yemen continue to be under siege, or are subject to blockades,” including the capital, Sana’a, due to the closure of its airport that has continued since 2016 by order of the internationally recognized Government and the coalition, which prevents the civilian access to humanitarian aid.
The report, which will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council on September 14, also denounces arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture, sexual assaults and other violations by the different actors in the conflict.
It also condemns the repression of freedom of expression and human rights activism, embodied in the persecution of social leaders and independent journalists, including the television cameraman killed in the attack on the Aden airport (in which nine other reporters they were injured).
“The climate of fear, illegality and impunity in which Yemenis live has worsened, despite the signing of political agreements and high-level dialogue between the parties to the conflict,” sums up the president of the UN commission, the Tunisian Kamel Jendubi.
A CONFLICT FUELED BY FOREIGN WEAPONS
Both he and the other two experts (the Australian Melissa Parke and the Canadian Ardi Imseis) also expressed their concern about the arms trade that continues to flourish towards the different militias in the conflict.
“Taking into account the serious number of victims that the war causes in the Yemeni people, it is absurd that third countries continue to supply arms to the parties in conflict, this trade must stop now,” Jendubi lamented.
The three United Nations experts urgently demand that the parties agree to a ceasefire and take measures to stop human rights violations, bringing the perpetrators to justice and bringing justice to the victims.
