“DAY OF JUDGMENT” The Role of the US and Europe in Civilian Death, Destruction, and Trauma in Yemen That’s the new report, revealing that the bombs supplied by the US and UK had led to the death or injury of over 1,000 civilians in Yemen, 120 of which were children. These deaths reportedly occurred over the span of 27 unlawful… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-war-uk-us-bombs-british-american-civilian-casualties-mwatana-university-human-rights-network-a8809401.html British and American bombs have killed and maimed nearly 1,000 civilians, including over 120 children in Yemen, since the start of the war there, a new report has revealed. The findings have sparked fresh calls for both countries to halt arms sales and military assistance to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who used the weapons in a ruinous four-year conflict there. The… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-war-civilian-deaths-injuries-un-saudi-houthi-hodeida-a8814306.html Nearly 100 civilians were killed or injured in Yemen each week in 2018, the United Nations refugee agency has said. About 5,000 civilians were either killed or wounded last year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a report, averaging out to 93 victims a week. A fifth of casualties were children, which counted for 410 deaths and 542 injuries. Nearly half of all… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-airstrikes-yemen-civilian-deaths-women-children-a8819171.html A dozen children have been killed by Saudi-led airstrikes in a village in northern Yemen, the United Nations (UN) said. Medical sources quoted by the organisation said the attack in Kushar in Hajja province, killed 10 women and 12 children. Another 30 people, including 14 under the age of 18, were wounded in the northern district, which is home to 100,000 people, was shelled. Lise Grande, a… Read more »
“We need a new system in Saudi Arabia like other democracies, where the people have the right to elect a government, to create a new Saudi Arabia,” the 41-year-old Prince Khaled told The Independent. “We have a vision for the judicial system, for human rights and accountability, but right now we need to focus on the constitution and on activism to help… Read more »