December 26, 2009
War Crimes in Yemen
Civilian refugees, mostly women and children, are being deliberately starved to death by the Yemeni government. They became refugees when they fled the government's bombing campaign "Operation Scorched Earth" launched in August to combat the Houthi rebels. The Yemeni government refuses to stop bombing long enough to re-stock the camp, or to create a humanitarian corridor to enable the UN to reach the tens of thousands of civilians who are not in a camp. But what good is being in a refugee camp if there's no food, water or medicine?
The Yemeni government is bombing hospitals, villages, cites, mosques and a variety of infrastructure like water tanks. The Saudi bombing campaign which began Nov 2 in support of the Yemeni government continues in Sa'ada as well, with civilian casualties high.
Sahwa Net – Hundreds of the displaced of Al-Mazraq camp in the western Yemeni province of Hajjah protested on Saturday as their essential supplies of food run out.
