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Saba Yemen
08-04-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Insan Organization condemns US Forces' crimes against civilians in Hodeida, provinces
Sana'a - Saba: Insan Organization for Rights and Freedoms strongly condemned on Tuesday the crimes committed by US forces against civilians in Hodeida provinces and other provinces in Yemen. In a statemen, the organization noted that US warplanes targeted the Amin Muqbil residential neighborhood in al-Hawak district in Hodeida province, resulting in the deaths of four people and the wounding of 15 others, including women and children, according to a preliminary toll, as well as the destruction of homes and civilian facilities. It noted that the US aggression launched raids targeting the communications network in Amran province, completely destroying it, and other raids on areas in Sana'a province, destroying property and endangering the lives of civilians. The statement explained that these violations constitute a flagrant violation of international laws and conventions, including agreements related to the protection of civilians in times of war, particularly Additional Protocol I (1977) to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which prohibits indiscriminate attacks or attacks that may cause extensive damage to life and property; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees the right to life, personal security, and the right to protection from military attacks; and the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, which prohibits attacks on civilians and civilian facilities. The organization called on the international community to take immediate action to put an end to these crimes, which violate the most basic human rights. It emphasized that these practices represent political and military bullying that threatens international peace and security, and that the international community must urgently intervene to pressure the United States to halt these ongoing attacks. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (Local)
Saba Yemen
07-04-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Yemeni Center for HR condemns US violations of Intel Humanitarian Law in Yemen, Palestine
Sana'a - Saba: The Yemeni Center for Human Rights on Monday condemned in the strongest terms the systematic violations of international humanitarian law committed by US forces and the Israeli occupation in Yemen and Palestine. These violations include the targeting of civilians and civilian objects, as well as the destruction of vital infrastructure, in violation of Article (54) of Additional Protocol I, and the use of indiscriminate weapons, which violates the principle of distinction between military and civilian targets (Article 48 of Additional Protocol I). The center explained in a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that, in a threat to international peace and security, US forces launched dozens of raids with various types of missiles on the capital, Sana'a, and other governorates in mid-March, resulting in (61) civilian deaths and (139) injuries, according to preliminary statistics. The statement noted that on Shawwal 7, 1446 AH, US aircraft targeted a solar energy supply store in Sa'ada, killing two citizens and wounding (4) others, in addition to destroying the adjacent building. The statement also noted that the aggression's aircraft targeted a citizen's home in the middle of a residential neighborhood in Sheab al-Hafa area of the capital, Sana'a, last night, Sunday, Shawwal 9, killing (4) citizens from one family, including two women, and wounding (25) citizens, including (11) women and a child. It emphasized that the crimes of the US aggression violated all international laws and conventions by systematically, deliberately, and openly targeting civilians. US President Trump ordered the US Air Force to launch an airstrike during the daytime of Eid al-Fitr, targeting a gathering of citizens in the open celebrating the holiday in Hodeida province with a direct missile. The statement noted that the raid resulted in dozens of casualties, including deaths and injuries. This crime, which US President Trump acknowledged and boasted about on his Twitter account, constitutes a full-fledged war crime. National and international judiciaries must initiate proceedings and prosecute US President Donald Trump, his Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and all those involved in the decision to commit these crimes. The Yemeni Center for Human Rights affirmed that these attacks constitute war crimes under Article (8) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as they targeted civilians and non-military objects. It also affirmed that the US President's public bragging about the attacks via the media regarding Hodeida crime constitutes a violation of Article (85) of Additional Protocol I, which prohibits acts of terror against civilians. The Center holds the United States fully responsible for the continued aggression against Yemen and Gaza, and for its complicity with the Zionist entity in the crimes of genocide in Gaza, in accordance with the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. These crimes have resulted in the killing and wounding of more than 4,400 civilians in Gaza since mid-March, bringing the death toll since the Israeli aggression on Gaza in October 2023 to more than 50,660 civilians, both dead and wounded. The Center called on the UN Security Council to immediately investigate these crimes and refer the case to the International Criminal Court. It also called on UN and international organizations to condemn these crimes and support efforts to file lawsuits and prosecute the perpetrators of crimes that do not expire by statute of limitations. The Center also calls on free peoples and civil society organizations to take urgent action to stop these violations, and calls on Arab, Islamic, and friendly countries to take serious positions to support the Palestinian and Yemeni peoples and work to stop these crimes. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
