Yemen Watch Exclusive
According to the co-founder of the Yemen Organization for Humanitarian Relief and Development [MONA], the Saudi-led coalition is committing "serious violations against innocent civilians" across Yemen.
In an exclusive interview with Yemen Watch, Dr. Riaz Karim accuses Riyadh and its allies of violating "international and humanitarian law in Yemen and blaming it all on collateral damage citing clear thresholds have not been crossed."
Earlier this week the UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson defended his government’s arms sales to Riyadh, justifying Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen as an attempt to "restore the legitimate government".
"So far, we do not believe that there has been a clear risk of a breach of the international humanitarian law...at the moment, we do not think the threshold has been crossed," Johnson told BBC One.
The Saudi-led offensive in Yemen has killed at least 11,400 people. International rights groups have documented the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilian infrastructure since Riyadh launched its attacks in late March 2015.
"Who determines the fine line between a violation of international humanitarian law and collateral damage?" Dr. Karim added, "the silence of the world is deafening and it undermines everything that we hold dear about humanity."
