Human Right Watch Accuses Saudi-led Coalition of Killing 47 Yemeni fishermen, Arresting Dozens

SANAA, Aug. 21 (YPA) – The Human Right Watch (HRW) organization has accused the Saudi-led coalition naval forces of killing Yemeni fishermen deliberately.

Saudi-led coalition naval forces have carried out at least five deadly attacks on Yemeni fishing boats since 2018, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday.

” Saudi-led coalition’s warships and helicopters have been involved in attacks that killed at least 47 Yemeni fishermen, including 7 children, and the detention of more than 100 others, some of whom were tortured in custody in Saudi Arabia,” HRW added.

According to the HRW,”the coalition’s attacks on fishermen and fishing boats appear to be deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects in violation of the laws of war.

The HRW confirmed that the Saudi-led coalition officials who ordered or carried out the attacks or tortured detainees are most likely responsible for war crimes.

“Coalition naval forces repeatedly attacked Yemeni fishing boats and Yemeni fishermen without any apparent determination that they were valid military targets,” Priyanka Motaparthy, acting emergencies director at Human Rights Watch said

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