Dozens of Yemeni expatriates living in European countries held a protest in front of the United Nations [UN] headquarters in the Swiss city of Geneva on Sunday to voice their outrage over Saudi Arabia’s continued airstrikes on Yemen.
During the large gathering held on Sunday, the demonstrators chanted anti-Riyadh slogans and condemned the Saudi siege on Yemen, which has prevented the delivery of humanitarian aid to the war-hit people of the impoverished country.
The protestors also blamed the UN for the failure of the recent peace talks among Yemen’s warring parties in Geneva, Al Mayadeen TV channel reported.
According to UN estimates, over 2,600 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and another 9,755 wounded as a result of the ongoing attacks on Yemen.
Meanwhile, the UN-brokered negotiations ended on Friday without a deal as Saudi-led warplanes continued to carry out further airstrikes on Yemen.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States Saudi began a military aggression on Yemen on March 26 -- without a UN mandate -- in an attempt to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
