United Nations panel said Wednesday that at least 18,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed or wounded by airstrikes since the country’s war escalated in 2015.
#Yemen
apnews.com/article/middle…
U.S. allies have revealed their desire to expand their military reach, while Western governments have been complicit in allowing war crimes and human rights abuses to go unchecked.
#Yemen
With arms deals worth billions of dollars, U.S. & European countries have continued their unabated support for the Saudi-led coalition, despite the slaughter & woundings of thousands of civilians in busy markets, weddings, funerals, hospitals & schools.
gijn.org/2019/11/06/yem…
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#YemenCantWait
Britain has a secret detachment of up to 30 troops in Yemen, where they are training Saudi forces amid the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe, Declassified has discovered.
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-0…
100 Yemeni health facilities stop operation due to siege
@UN

#YemenCantWait
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hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/09/…
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hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/09/…
On Tuesday, US-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition launched 27 airstrikes on Sirwah district and 3 others on Medghal district of Ma’rib province.
hodhodyemennews.net/en_US/2021/09/…
Canada for the second year in a row is named as one of the countries helping fuel the war in Yemen by a panel of experts monitoring the conflict for the United Nations and investigating possible war crimes among combatants.
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
The federal government last year approved a deal with Canadian business connections for the sale of nearly $74-million of weapons to Saudi Arabia, even as there were calls for Canada to stop arms transactions with the Saudis
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
The Canadian government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s watch is flouting international law by refusing to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a new report by two watchdog groups says.
#YemenCantWait
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
Human rights lawyers representing hundreds of victims of Yemen’s civil war are calling on the ICC to open an investigation into war crimes & crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition during the devastating conflict.
apnews.com/article/middle…
The Trudeau government is facing renewed calls to end arms exports to Saudi Arabia following a new report that alleges there is “persuasive evidence” that Canadian-made weapons are being used in the war in Yemen, which has killed at least 233,000 people.
globalnews.ca/news/8101089/c…
Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 201... reliefweb.int/report/yemen/s…

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