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Activists cry foul as U.N. decides against Yemen rights probe
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Thu Sep 29, 2016 | 4:22pm EDT
Activists cry foul as U.N. decides against Yemen rights probe
By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA
The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday declined to set up an independent inquiry into abuses in Yemen, instead calling on a national inquiry to investigate violations by all sides, including the killing of civilians and attacks on hospitals.
The move disappointed activists, who, along with the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, had called for an independent probe, especially into air strikes by a Saudi-led Arab coalition backing the Yemeni government.
The United Nations blames the coalition strikes for 60 percent of some 3,800 civilian deaths since March 2015.
The alliance has been fighting the Iran-allied Houthi movement in Yemen since March 2015 after the group took over the capital and forced the internationally recognized and Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi into exile.
The Yemeni National Commission of Inquiry reports to Hadi.
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Activists cry foul as U.N. decides against Yemen rights probe
By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA
The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday declined to set up an independent inquiry into abuses in Yemen, instead calling on a national inquiry to investigate violations by all sides, including the killing of civilians and attacks on hospitals.
The move disappointed activists, who, along with the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, had called for an independent probe, especially into air strikes by a Saudi-led Arab coalition backing the Yemeni government.
The United Nations blames the coalition strikes for 60 percent of some 3,800 civilian deaths since March 2015.
The alliance has been fighting the Iran-allied Houthi movement in Yemen since March 2015 after the group took over the capital and forced the internationally recognized and Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi into exile.
The Yemeni National Commission of Inquiry reports to Hadi.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-un-idUSKCN11Z276
