“Said Human Rights Watch ” in its 2020 The global armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen , causing untold suffering to millions of civilians despite growing global concern violations in the country
All parties to the conflict in Yemen have committed grave violations of international humanitarian law. These parties bombed residential neighborhoods in Yemen indiscriminately and without discrimination and directly targeted civilian infrastructure, which resulted in thousands of civilians being injured and killed, while all parties continued to suppress freedom of expression, using kidnapping and enforced disappearance. Detention, torture and other ill-treatment
And in Taiz, during the past week, six women and two girls were killed and 28 others were injured in the prison as a result of a gunshot wound that targeted the women’s ward in the main prison in the west of Taiz governorate last Sunday.
The International Committee of the Red Cross – Yemen condemning the crime: We regret yesterday’s attack on Taiz Central Prison, which left dead and wounded women and children. Prisons and prisoners are protected under international humanitarian law and may not be targeted. Our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and our best wishes for a speedy recovery for the wounded. We are in contact with the relevant authorities to assess the humanitarian situation
We heard that they were watching us while we were happy, and we said, Praise be to God, that Ramadan is coming, and we are with our families, and we said that we meet in the prayer hall. We are all goodbye, we sat together. He came up under my chest the whole world looking at you Everything is in pieces, we shout and shout And then help us
testimony for one of the victims Humans of Taiz
The UN mission in Yemen calls for condemning the bloody attack, making greater efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire, and forcing the warring parties to start a dialogue to end the war that ravaged the country and resulted in the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
After five successive years of conflict, civilians are still bearing the brunt of this devastating war. The High Commissioner has condemned it. We feel very sorry and condemn in the strongest terms this crime, which amounts to a war crime and a flagrant violation of the principles of international humanitarian law. Prisons and prisoners are protected under international humanitarian law
I heard the sound of a big explosion, I panicked, and I rushed out of the room to see a lot of blood spread everywhere. I turned down to see my friend and her daughter drenched in blood, and I see my friend’s daughter’s feet cut off and thrown to the ground, I started with shouting No, God is great, and I started running to ask Help, I feel terrified, I apologize, I will not be able for now and I am very afraid. I lost 5 of my friends in prison. I don’t want to talk about this anymore.
testimony for one of the victims Humans of Taiz
For 5 consecutive years since the outbreak of the war in 2014, the conflict has killed more than 100,000 people and has largely settled in a state of bloody stalemate, not to mention tens of thousands of wounded, displaced and displaced people, which has been described by the United Nations as the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. More than 24 million people in the country need humanitarian aid, many of them on the verge of starvation.
The prolonged conflict and the breakdown of state institutions and protection mechanisms have exacerbated the vulnerable situation of all groups of society, which in turn has greatly diminished the protection available to them.
And the war continues, and the number of victims continues to rise on a daily basis, coinciding with the expansion of the Corona pandemic in the world and the inability of the most powerful health systems to control it, and this raises everyone’s fear about the possibility of addressing the Corona epidemic in Yemen as the health system continues to collapse
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