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Saba Yemen
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Insan group condemns US aggression against Yemen's vital facilities
Sana'a - Saba: The Insan of Rights and Freedoms condemned the targeting of the American aggression of vital facilities in Yemen. The organization considered in a statement, which was received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), targeting factories and civil establishments, a war crime with all international laws and humanitarian norms. The statement pointed out that a crime targeted the Al-Sawari factory for ceramics in the Bani Matar district of Sana'a Governorate, which led to martyrs and wounds, expressing the level of the decline that the American aggression reached, its obsession with destroying infrastructure, and expanding the circle of the suffering of the Yemeni people. The "Insan" organization emphasized that the United States of America on these actions is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, especially Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which provides for the protection of civilians from attacks, and Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits attacks on the civilian population, in addition to Article 51 of the first additional protocol, which prevents random attacks against civilians and property. The organization called on the international community and the United Nations to play their role towards the crimes of the American aggression against Yemen, by stopping the aggression and opening an international investigation to hold those responsible for these crimes accountable for Yemeni civilians. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
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)
