{"id":12233,"date":"2018-08-28T07:02:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=12233"},"modified":"2018-08-28T07:02:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:02:07","slug":"yemen-conflict-un-experts-detail-possible-war-crimes-by-all-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/08\/28\/yemen-conflict-un-experts-detail-possible-war-crimes-by-all-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemen conflict: UN experts detail possible war crimes by all parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

UN human rights experts believe war crimes may have been committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen.<\/p>\n

In their first such report<\/a>, they allege Yemeni government forces, the Saudi-led coalition backing them, and the rebel Houthi movement have made little effort to minimise civilian casualties.<\/p>\n

They point to the bombing and shelling of schools, hospitals and markets, in which thousands of people have died.<\/p>\n

The coalition’s air and naval blockade may also be a war crime, they warn.<\/p>\n

The experts will present their report to the UN Human Rights Council next month.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the coalition accused the UN of bias for condemning two air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas that are reported to have killed scores of Yemeni children.<\/p>\n

Spokesman Turki al-Malki said the UN’s information was based on “rebel stories”.<\/p>\n

Yemen has been devastated by a conflict that escalated in early 2015, when the Houthis seized control of much of the west of the country and forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to flee abroad.<\/p>\n

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Alarmed by the rise of a group they saw as an Iranian proxy, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and seven other Arab states intervened in an attempt to restore the government.<\/p>\n

Almost 10,000 people – two-thirds of them civilians – have been killed and 55,000 others injured in the fighting, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n

The fighting and a partial blockade by the coalition has also left 22 million people in need of humanitarian aid, created the world’s largest food security emergency, and led to a cholera outbreak that is thought to have affected a million people.<\/p>\n

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Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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