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Saba Yemen
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Yemeni Center for Human Rights condemns Israeli aggression on Civilian Infrastructure in Hodeidah
Sana'a – Saba: The Yemeni Center for Human Rights strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression targeting Yemen's civilian and service infrastructure, including the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Issa, and Al-Salif, as well as the central power station in Ras Kathib. In a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the center described the targeting of these vital humanitarian ports—critical for transporting food and medicine to millions of Yemenis—as a deliberate war crime aimed at starving the population and destroying essential civilian life systems, in blatant violation of international humanitarian law. The statement emphasized that these acts violate multiple international agreements, including the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Protocol I of 1977, which prohibit attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. It also referenced the Rome Statute, which criminalizes the widespread destruction of civilian property and the use of starvation as a method of warfare. The center cited UN Security Council Resolution 3314 (1974), Article 3(c), which defines the targeting of civilian infrastructure as an act of aggression, and Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which guarantees civilians' right to food and water. The statement warned that attacking humanitarian ports disables 70% of aid entry into Yemen, severely worsening what the UN has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, driven by years of blockade that have already resulted in tens of thousands of deaths due to famine, lack of medicine, collapse of the healthcare system, and catastrophic malnutrition among women and children. The center affirmed that these acts are part of a systematic campaign of genocide, stressing Yemenis' legitimate right to self-defense in protecting their lives and dignity. It also asserted that justice for victims is a non-negotiable and timeless right. The statement further warned that global silence amounts to complicity, particularly by the UN Security Council, which has yet to issue any condemnation despite the rising civilian death toll. The Yemeni Center for Human Rights called on Arab and Islamic governments to sever ties with Israel, prosecute its leaders at the International Criminal Court, launch campaigns to halt arms exports to Israel, and boycott companies supporting the occupation. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
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
Saba Yemen
16-03-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Yemeni Center for Human Rights condemns US aggression against Yemen
Sana'a (Saba) – The Yemeni Center for Human Rights condemned the US aggression that targeted the capital, Sana'a, and several governorates. In a statement—a copy of which was received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the center considered the US aggression a blatant violation of all international and humanitarian laws and Yemeni sovereignty. Facebook Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (Local)
