Thursday, June 16, 2016

Saudi Arabia is Knee-Deep in Yemeni Blood

...Saudi Arabia remains the closest ally to both the the United Kingdom and the United States, even though it has deliberately violated a number of humanitarian conventions over the last year. Thousands of civilians have been killed or injured while attempting to seek refugee in civilian areas, protected by the norms of the Geneva Convention. The deliberate shelling of hospitals, schools and mosques constitutes a war crime, no matter how certain interests would like to turn a blind eye to this fact.
Human Rights Watch has repeatedly noted that Saudi forces have been using cluster munitions for the bombardment of the Yemeni capital – Sana’a, even though the use of such weapons is strictly prohibited in urban areas by international law. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad and the UN Security Council human rights experts have already presented a long list of evidence that suggests that Saudi Arabia has been committing war crimes in Yemen deliberately, while fearing no retribution.
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