The airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition that hit a hospital in Yemen on Monday can be considered a war crime, Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Program Deputy Director said in a statement.
Amnesty International called for a thorough and independent probe into the attack.
"The bombardment of this hospital is a deplorable act that has cost civilian lives, including medical staff, who are dedicated to helping sick and injured people under some of the most challenging conditions," Magdalena Mughrabi stated. "Deliberately targeting medical facilities is a serious violation of international humanitarian law which would amount to a war crime."
The attack on the medical facility, run by the aid group Doctors Without Borders has reportedly left at least seven civilians dead and dozens injured.
"Today’s air strike appears to be the latest in a string of unlawful attacks targeting hospitals, highlighting an alarming pattern of disregard for civilian life," Mughrabi noted.
Since 2014, Yemen has been gripped by the conflict between the Sunni government and the Shia Houthi rebel movement backed by some factions within the Yemeni army.
A Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf countries has been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis at the Yemeni government's request.
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Amnesty International called for a thorough and independent probe into the attack.
"The bombardment of this hospital is a deplorable act that has cost civilian lives, including medical staff, who are dedicated to helping sick and injured people under some of the most challenging conditions," Magdalena Mughrabi stated. "Deliberately targeting medical facilities is a serious violation of international humanitarian law which would amount to a war crime."
The attack on the medical facility, run by the aid group Doctors Without Borders has reportedly left at least seven civilians dead and dozens injured.
"Today’s air strike appears to be the latest in a string of unlawful attacks targeting hospitals, highlighting an alarming pattern of disregard for civilian life," Mughrabi noted.
Since 2014, Yemen has been gripped by the conflict between the Sunni government and the Shia Houthi rebel movement backed by some factions within the Yemeni army.
A Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf countries has been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis at the Yemeni government's request.
[sputniknews.com]
16/8/16
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An air strike has hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in northern Yemen, killing at least 11 people, the medical charity says...
ReplyDeleteAnother 19 people were injured in the attack in Abs, in Hajjah province, believed to have been carried out by the Saudi-led coalition which is backing Yemen's government in its fight against Houthi rebels.
The coalition has not yet commented.
Local people said the hit follows days of air raids in the area.
The first rescue workers to arrive at the scene had to move cautiously, fearing that the circling planes might attack again.
The blast immediately killed nine people, including an MSF staff member, MSF Yemen tweeted.
Two more patients died while they were being transferred to another hospital, it added.....BBC
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U.S. condemns deadly coalition bombing of Yemen hospital; Saudis deny targeting...
ReplyDeleteMore than a dozen people were killed at a Yemeni hospital Monday after it was bombed by Saudi-led coalition forces, authorities said -- amid accusations that the Saudi government is intentionally targeting medical facilities and schools there.
Amed forces launched the airstrike on the Abs Hospital in Yemen's Hajjah Province, officials said, killing at least 15 people and wounding 20 others. The hospital is affiliated with the humanitarian Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders.
Monday's strike came just one day after the Saudi coalition denied accusations that they are purposefully targeting hospitals and schools in Yemen.
The U.S.-affiliated coalition forces said recent attacks, on Saturday, that leveled two schools in north Yemen was aimed at a militia training camp in the area -- and killed a Houthi rebel leader. Officials said at least 14 children were also killed.
A coalition spokesman told CNN that schools and hospitals are often hit by airstrikes because militants use them as a form of human shield to protect their operations from large-scale military strikes.
"[It] confirms the Houthis practice of recruit and subjecting children to terror," the spokesman said.....upi.com