Yemen: Houthis Attack Civilian Ships
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The Galaxy Leader, a ship seized by the Houthi armed group on November 19, 2023, at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate, November 22, 2023.
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(Beirut) – The Houthi armed group that controls part of Yemen has targeted several commercial ships carrying civilian crews in the Red Sea over the last few weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks included firing missiles or drones at four ships and arbitrarily detaining the crew of a fifth ship. The attacks constitute targeting of civilians and civilian objects, which, if carried out deliberately or recklessly, would be a war crime.
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Source:: Human Rights Watch
