Two organizations plan to sue French mercenaries hired by UAE to carry out assassinations in Aden

SANAA, Aug. 22 (YPA) – Two human rights groups have announced their intentions to file complaints before judicial authorities in France against the French mercenaries for having committed extrajudicial killings and war crimes in Yemen.

The international human rights and freedoms “Sam and AFD” organizations said in a joint statement issued on Friday that the UAE had hired American and French mercenaries to carry out assassinations in the southern Yemeni city of Aden.

The two organizations denounced the UAE’s hiring of American and French mercenaries to carry out assassinations against politicians affiliated with al-Islah in Yemen.

According to the information published by the “G Forum” website on August 19, 2020, the UAE’s hired American and French mercenaries through “Mohammed Dahlan”  to carry out assassinations against politicians affiliated with the Islah party in Yemen is an illegal act that is criminalized by the laws of the two countries.

According to the statement, more than 120 political, military, and clerical figures were assassinated, and these mercenaries killed many of them in return for large financial privileges, which constitutes the crime of using mercenaries in the context of an armed conflict, and the crime of deliberate killing of persons who are supposed to be protected under international humanitarian law, human rights and domestic law, and is criminalized in French and American laws.

The two organizations stressed that the information contained in the press report and the details of the agreement raises many questions about the assassinations that occurred in the city of Aden during the previous period.

The organizations stressed that the Yemenis must feel safe, and the families of the victims shall receive justice and support in light of the violations and deterioration of the human rights and humanitarian situation in Yemen, and the continued impunity enjoyed by human rights violators and escaping prosecution and punishment.

They affirmed that they seek to achieve international justice for the victims and prosecute war criminals before the international courts.

E.M