Security Council calls for intensifying efforts to expand Yemen truce
UN News d. 12/9 - 2022
The UN Security Council has urged warring parties in Yemen to urgently intensify negotiations towards expanding their historic truce, according to a statement issued on Monday.
Council members highlighted the tangible benefits of the agreement between the Government and Houthi rebels, now in its sixth month.
They include a 60 per cent reduction in casualties.
Additionally, fuel coming through critical Huydadah port has quadrupled, while commercial flights from the capital, Sana’a, have allowed 21,000 people to receive medical treatment and unite with their families...
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Hundrevis av soldater fra USA og Storbritannia satt inn i Jemen
steigan.no d. 14/3 - 2020
Et stort antall amerikanske tropper har ankommet Aden i Sør-Jemen,
rapporterer Yemen Press, og la til at dette har funnet sted i samordning
med De forente arabiske emirater (UAE). Den arabisk-språklige
al-Mashhad al-Yamani rapporterte at 450 amerikanske tropper har ankommet
Jemen.
Kilden sier at Washington og London har til hensikt å utplassere 3000
soldater i Aden, al-And militærbase i Lahaj-provinsen, Saqtari, Shabweh i
Sør-Jemen og al-Mohreh i de østlige delene av landet. De militære
ekspertene har advart om at USAs overdrevne bevegelse i Jemens sørlige
provinser hovedsakelig er rettet inn på å etablere permanente
militærbaser i det krigsherjede landet...
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As Saudi Arabia grows desperate, this could be the beginning of the end of the war in Yemen
Independent d. 9/11 - 2019
The Yemen war is about to come to an end. A Saudi official
admitted this week that for the first time since 2016, Riyadh is in
talks with the Houthi rebels. The talks have surfaced despite the
Houthis being in charge of the capital Sanaa and the other most populous
parts in Northern Yemen, which indicates that the Saudis are coming to
terms with this status quo. The radical approach of effectively flushing
the Houthis out of the north has been abandoned. The new approach of
accepting the Houthis as part of the new post-war reality in Yemen, on
the other hand, is much more sophisticated.
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Yemen war: UN chief urges good faith as ‘milestone’ talks get underway in Sweden
UN NEWS d. 6/12 - 2018
The Yemeni Government and the Houthi opposition have gathered
at United Nations-sponsored political talks, close to the Swedish
capital, Stockholm, aimed at ending nearly four years of brutal war in
the country.
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The Seattle Times d. 26/10 - 2018
også brag i New York Times
The tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
The Saudi-led war in Yemen has pushed millions to the brink
of starvation. Apart from the airstrikes, an economic war is exacting a
far greater toll and now risks tipping the country into a famine of
catastrophic proportions.
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The Forgotten War
UN Warns 10 Million More Yemenis Expected to Starve to Death by End of Year
According to the UN, the number of Yemenis in danger of
starving to death would rise from the current figure of 8.4 million to
18.4 million by this December. That’s three times the estimated death
toll of Jews killed during the Holocaust.
by Whitney Webb
MPN d. 29/5 - 2018
SANA’A, YEMEN – During a briefing last Friday, the UN warned
that millions more Yemeni civilians are expected to starve to death
before year’s end as a result of a blockade imposed on the country by
the Saudi Arabia-led coalition. The Saudis’ unsuccessful bid to quash
the Houthi-led resistance movement against Western and Saudi imperialism
in Yemen has already claimed the lives of thousands of civilians and
transformed the country into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since
the war began in 2015.
Mark Lowcock, the UN’s emergency relief coordinator,
expressed his concern regarding the “recent decline of commercial food
imports through the Red Sea ports” — adding that, if conditions do not
improve, the number of Yemenis at the brink of starvation would rise
from the current figure of 8.4 million to 18.4 million by this December.
Given that there are approximately 28 million people in Yemen, a
continuation of the Saudi-led blockade would mean that nearly two-thirds
of the entire country’s population will soon face starvation.
The U.N.’s warning of a growing famine in Yemen comes during
the holy month of Ramadan, when the first revelation of the Quran is
celebrated by Muslims through fasting. Given the number of Yemenis
facing starvation, many Yemeni Muslims will be without food to break
their fast.
While the coalition — composed of Saudi Arabia and the UAE,
with support from other Gulf monarchies and Western governments — has
publicly claimed that it has lifted the blockade after international
pressure, the coalition’s “ship inspections” continue to prevent
critical supplies – such as food, fuel and medicine – from entering the
most populated portions of the country, which remain under Houthi
control...
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Våbenhvile i Yemen nu
AF: POUL ECK SØRENSEN, ESBJERG FREDSBEVÆGELSE, WILLEMOESGADE 29, ESBJERG
Publiceret 12. november 2018 kl. 10:12
Læserbrev: Vi opfordrer regeringen til i FN at kræve af
parterne i konflikten i Yemen, at der oprettes en våbenhvile, så vi
undgår at ufatteligt mange mennesker vil dø af sult.
Yemen har det største udbrud af kolera, og halvdelen af
befolkningen står overfor hungersnød. Situationen er forværret, efter
Saudi-Arabien har blokeret for nødhjælp.
Vi kan ikke lukke øjnene og blot kigge den anden vej, fordi
vi gerne vil have olie fra Saudi Arabien - eller fordi USA støtter Saudi
Arabien i krigen.
Vi skal i FN opfordre til, at det internationale samfund lægger maksimalt pres på de stridende parter.
Det skal være muligt at få nødhjælp ind til befolkningen.
Det er en katastrofe så ubeskrivelig stor, der er på vej.
Tillader de stridende parter ikke, at der kommer nødhjælp
ind, vil der være tale om bevidst folkemord, og de ansvarlige bør
stilles for ICC.
Medens der er våbenhvile, skal de stridende parter forsøge at
starte en konfliktløsning. Norge kan med fordel anvendes som
konfliktløser.
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FN: Yemen har kurs mod den værste hungersnød i verden i 100 år
Politikken d. 16/10 - 2018
FN's humanitære koordinator i Yemen råber det internationale
samfund op i interview med BBC. Om bare tre måneder kan 12-13 millioner
mennesker være i risiko for at dø af mangel på mad.
Borgerkrigen i Yemen omtales som ’den glemte krig’. Det på
trods af, at konflikten betegnes af FN som verdens største humanitære
katastrofe.
Den status kan dog snart ændre sig. For FN advarer nu om, at
landet inden for de næste tre måneder kan blive ramt af en historisk
slem hungersnød.
»Vi forudser, at vi kan stå i en situation, hvor 12-13
millioner uskyldige civile kan komme i risiko for at dø af mangel på
mad«, siger FN’s humanitære koordinator i Yemen, Lise Grande, til BBC.
Uanset om borgerkrigen er glemt, ignoreret eller noget
tredje, er det ifølge FN tid til handling for at stoppe det, som FN selv
frygter kan blive den værste hungersnød, verden har set i 100 år...
...Hungersnøden skyldes den borgerkrig, der siden 2015 har
hærget Yemen. På den ene side står Houthi-oprørere, der støttes af Iran.
De kontrollerer et større område i det vestlige Yemen, heriblandt
hovedstaden Sanaa.
Og så er der koalitionen, ledet af Saudi-Arabien, som støtter
præsident Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadis regering. Den saudi-ledede koalition
bærer et stort ansvar i konflikten, ikke mindst på grund af koalitionens
mange luftangreb, som i høj grad går ud over civilbefolkningen.
FN beder derfor om, at den saudi-ledede koalition stopper
luftangrebene, da de fører til civile drab og bidrager til hungersnøden.
Ifølge The Guardian er der siden 2015 blevet foretaget flere end 18.000
luftangreb i Yemen.
Derudover blokerer Saudi-Arabien havnene i de
Houthi-kontrollerede områder, så det er svært at få nødhjælp, medicin og
mad ind i de svært belastede områder...
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forto: Alisdare Hickson, flickr, link til billede
Theresa May - how many children have you killed today?
Yemen facing the 'world's worst famine in 100 years' if fighting does not stop, warns the UN
(famine - hungersnød, sultkatastrofe)
Independent d. 16/10 - 2018
The UN's coordinator for Yemen warns 13 million people could
die from starvation if fighting continues in the country, where a famine
is likely to be officially declared in weeks
Yemen could face the “worst famine in the world in 100 years”
if fighting continues, the United Nations has warned, as The
Independent learned an official declaration of famine would likely be
announced in just a few weeks.
Lise Grande, the UN’s coordinator for Yemen, said that as
many as 13 million civilians could die from starvation if a Saudi
Arabia-led coalition does not halt its bombardment of the impoverished
country.
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Yemen: Houthi Hostage-Taking
Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Enforced Disappearance Go Unpunished
Human Rights Watch d. 25/9 - 2018
(Beirut) – The Houthi armed group in Yemen has frequently
taken hostages and committed other serious abuses against people in
their custody, Human Rights Watch said today. Houthi officials should
stop taking hostages, free everyone arbitrarily detained, end torture
and enforced disappearances, and punish those responsible for abuses.
Human Rights Watch documented 16 cases in which Houthi
authorities held people unlawfully, in large part to extort money from
relatives or to exchange them for people held by opposing forces.
Hostage-taking is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war
crime. The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate
of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, which has a mandate to
investigate and identify those responsible for abuses.
“The Houthis have added profiteering to their long list of
abuses and offenses against the people under their control in Yemen,”
said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.
“Rather than treat detainees humanely, some Houthi officials are
exploiting their power to turn a profit through detention, torture, and
murder.”...
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Saudi Arabia appears to be using U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in its war in Yemen
The Washington post d. 19/9 - 2016
Saudi Arabia appears to be using U.S.-supplied white
phosphorus munitions in its war in Yemen, based on images and videos
posted to social media, raising concerns among human rights groups that
the highly incendiary material could be used against civilians.
Under U.S. regulations, white phosphorus sold to other
countries is to be used only for signaling to other troops and creating
smoke screens. When the munition explodes, it releases white phosphorus
that automatically ignites in the air and creates a thick white smoke.
When used against soldiers or civilians, it can maim and kill by burning
to the bone.
It is unclear exactly how the Saudis are using the munitions,
but the government has already received widespread condemnation for its
indiscriminate bombing in civilian areas since its campaign against
rebel forces in Yemen began in 2015.
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Yemen er ramt af en humanitær katastrofe
DR d. 14/6 - 2018
I tre år har der været borgerkrig i Yemen. FN siger, at der er tale om den værste menneskeskabte humanitære katastrofe i verden.
I tre år har der været borgerkrig i Yemen. Krigen foregår mellem
oprørere og regeringen, og landet er ramt af hungersnød og kolera.
I går angreb regeringsvenlige styrker havnebyen Hodeida, som er
kontrolleret af oprørerne. Det kan få fatale konsekvenser for
civilbefolkningen.
Størstedelen af den livsnødvendige nødhjælp til Yemen kommer nemlig
via Hodeida. Det siger Birgitte Bischoff Ebbesen, der er international
chef hos Røde Kors i Danmark.
Når noget er livsnødvendigt, så er det vigtigt for at man kan overleve.
20 millioner er afhængige af nødhjælp
Ifølge FN er situationen i Yemen lige nu den værste menneskeskabte humanitære katastrofe i verden.
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