Human Rights activists roundly condemn Houthi militia s atrocities against women in Yemen
Date
9/29/2015 3:29:25 PM
(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
Geneva 29th September 2015 (WAM) -- Arab and Yemeni human rights defenders and activists have condemned in the strongest possible terms the brutal atrocities crimes and violations committed by the Houthi militia and group of deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh against the women in Yemen.
Speakers condemned these human rights abuses terming them as "bereft of human sense" and said the perpetrators had no regard for the sanctity of women in Yemen.
These crimes they underscored had drawn severe criticism and condemnation from the international community as they constituted flagrant violations of the international conventions and declaration of women's human rights.
The human rights defenders were speaking at a landmark event organised by the Arab Federation for Human Rights (AFHR) on the sidelines of the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to expose the heinous crimes perpetrated by the Houthi militia against the Yemeni women. The event topped the list of anti-human rights activities that were discussed in Geneva.
Taking the floor first Dr. Mona Hejres a member of the AFHR and head of 'Together for Human Rights' spoke about the scale of suffering that the Yemeni women endured ranging from violations to war crimes committed by the Houthi militia and Saleh group ever since they took control of Yemen and toppled the legitimate government.
Dr. Hejres said women during the rule of the deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh had been subjected to grave human rights violations noting that women were active participants in the revolution that drove Saleh out of power.
During that revolution she said women had faced many human rights crimes including killing torture arbitrary arrest and detention and use of excessive force. These savage crimes she added made women the most vulnerable segment of the Yemeni community to face gross violations exclusion and oppression.
Being deprived of their political cultural and social rights freedoms and role in running the state affairs and contribution to national development and building of a modern Yemen Yemeni women have since been on a tireless struggle for their rights and freedom.
In her paper Dr. Hejres elaborated on the suffering of Yemeni women at the hands of the Houthi militia and Saleh group particularly murder forced disappearance kidnapping deprivation of basic educational and health services bombardment
of residential districts and assassination in capital Sana'a Aden and other cities.
She called on the international community to live up to its responsibilities in protecting the Yemeni people particularly women and to back the Arab Coalition's operations seeking to protect the Yemeni people. She also appealed to the UN Security Council to protect world peace and security by swiftly enforcing its resolutions on Yemen and ensure protection safety and security of its people especially women.
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