This Article is From Oct 10, 2016

After Yemen Funeral Strike, UN Rues Failure To Punish War Crimes

After Yemen Funeral Strike, UN Rues Failure To Punish War Crimes

The scene at the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa on October 9.

The top U.N. human rights official renewed his call on Monday for an international probe into possible war crimes committed in Yemen, saying the "outrageous" weekend bombing on a funeral showed that violations continued unpunished.

Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement that countries belonging to the U.N. Human Rights Council had contributed to "a climate of impunity" in Yemen by failing to investigate adequately.

The Council last month declined to set up an independent inquiry into abuses in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is battling Shi'ite Houthi fighters and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
© Thomson Reuters 2016


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