Human Rights Council Should Stand Firm on Yemen

Expand Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Sanaa on August 25, 2017, killing at least 16 civilians, including 7 children, and wounding another 17, including 8 children. After an international outcry, the coalition said that it carried out the attack, but provided no details on the coalition forces involved. © 2017 Mohammed al-Mekhlafi The United Nations Human Rights Council cannot afford to falter on Yemen. This month, as the council debates the fate of a UN investigation into abuses in Yemen’s armed conflict, the warring parties continue to indiscriminately…

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