In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016 photo, infant Udai Faisal, who is suffering from acute malnutrition, is hospitalized at Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Udai died on March 24. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen’s conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Maad al-Zikry)

US support for the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen is illegal: Americans for Democracy and Human Rights organization

On Mar 6, 2018

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Congress must send a clear signal to the administration that US support for the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen is illegal, “Americans for Democracy and Human Rights” organization said in Bahrain. Moving forward with this sale will exacerbate the already dire humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which has left more than 8 million civilians on the brink of famine, at least 14,000 thousand dead and 40,000 injured from conflict, nearly 28 million people facing extreme hunger, and 19 of the country’s 21 provinces country facing an unprecedented cholera epidemic that is spiraling out of control.

It has become clear that several unaddressed flaws in Saudi Arabia’s bombing process, not the precision of the munition or targeting skill, are the principal cause of harm to civilians and civilian objects from airstrikes.

The United Nations and numerous human rights organizations have documented continued violations of the laws of armed conflict and human rights by Saudi-led coalition. Coalition airstrikes have struck hospitals and schools, as well as sanitation systems, bridges, and Yemen’s vital Hodeidah port – the main entry point for food, medicine and humanitarian aid for the majority of Yemenis. These airstrikes have played a substantial role in triggering the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Selling more precision-guided weapons will enable Saudi Arabia to continue destroying critical infrastructure and will sustain its seemingly indefinite military campaign. The price will ultimately be paid in Yemeni lives, especially the children.

Children in Yemen are facing a massive crisis. Aggression and blockade growing poverty and an already large-scale humanitarian crisis. As the conflict rages on, the needs of vulnerable children continue to grow. Boys and girls are growing up in the poorest country in the Arab world with little opportunity for education and development.

The situation is growing worse by the day, many children risk losing their lives. A deadly cholera outbreak is sweeping the country, the organization added.

Allowing the sale to move forward would signal that Saudi Arabia will not face even modest, reversible consequences for committing human rights violations in Yemen.

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