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07-12-2016, 05:35 AM
DUBAI: Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Saudi-led bombing raids against civilian factories in Yemen, which have killed scores, appear aimed at inflicting lasting eco**mic damage to the war-ravaged country.
The New York-based watchdog called for an independent international inquiry into the air strikes as it issued a 59-page report on its own investigations into what it called illegal attacks on civilian eco**mic sites.
The Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign against Iran-backed Huthi rebels and their allies in March last year in support of the government of UN-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
In its report titled “Bombing Businesses”, Human Rights Watch said it examined “17 apparently unlawful air strikes on 13 civilian eco**mic sites” which killed 130 civilians and wounded 171.
The coalition that also comprises Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates had “unlawfully hit numerous factories, warehouses and other civilians eco**mic structures in Yemen,” said HRW.
“In the absence of credible and impartial investigations in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and other coalition members should agree to an independent international inquiry into these and other allegedly unlawful attacks,” it added.
The targeted facilities had employed more than 2,500 people, and hundreds of workers had “lost their livelihoods” after many of those plants were forced to close down.
“The repeated coalition air strikes on civilian factories appear intended to damage Yemen´s shattered eco**my long into the future,” said HRW´s senior emergencies researcher Priyanka Motaparthy.
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The New York-based watchdog called for an independent international inquiry into the air strikes as it issued a 59-page report on its own investigations into what it called illegal attacks on civilian eco**mic sites.
The Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign against Iran-backed Huthi rebels and their allies in March last year in support of the government of UN-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
In its report titled “Bombing Businesses”, Human Rights Watch said it examined “17 apparently unlawful air strikes on 13 civilian eco**mic sites” which killed 130 civilians and wounded 171.
The coalition that also comprises Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates had “unlawfully hit numerous factories, warehouses and other civilians eco**mic structures in Yemen,” said HRW.
“In the absence of credible and impartial investigations in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and other coalition members should agree to an independent international inquiry into these and other allegedly unlawful attacks,” it added.
The targeted facilities had employed more than 2,500 people, and hundreds of workers had “lost their livelihoods” after many of those plants were forced to close down.
“The repeated coalition air strikes on civilian factories appear intended to damage Yemen´s shattered eco**my long into the future,” said HRW´s senior emergencies researcher Priyanka Motaparthy.
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