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Incident on 13 February 2019 [+] Print this page

Location: fishing boat at sea, north of Al-Badhia Island [+]

Country: Yemen [+]

Violation types: Violation of international humanitarian law [+]

Location


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This incident took place in fishing boat at sea, north of Al-Badhia Island, Yemen [+]

Description


According to Mwatana for Human Rights: "Section Two: Attacks and Abuses in 2019 This section consists of eleven chapters dealing with the most prominent patterns of international humanitarian law violations committed by the parties to the conflict in Yemen. Additionally, each chapter includes statistics about the number of incidents Mwatana documented during 2019, in addition to a brief legal framework for each pattern of violations and some case studies. [...] On Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at around 3:30 a.m., the Saudi/UAE-led coalition launched an air strike on a fishing boat at sea, north of Al-Badhia Island, Alluheyah district, Al-Hudaydah governorate, killing 8 civilians, including two children, and wounding 5 others. Those on the boat were in the fishing profession." [+]

Perpetrator units

Name Other Names Classification
Operation Restoring Hope [+] Arab Coalition
Arab Coalition Forces
Arab Coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen
Gulf Arab coalition
Hope Restoration Operation
Joint Forces
Operation Renewal of Hope
Operation Storm of Resolve
Saudi-led Arab Coalition
Saudi-led Coalition
coalition forces
operations Renewal of Hope
Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Operation [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
19 October 2020 Mwatana for Human Rights WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN YEMEN 2019 25 February 2022