مركز القاهرة الحقوقي يدين أعمال القصف المدفعي على جنوب اليمن

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Human Rights Violations in Yemen under the Pre**** of Combating Terrorism
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
August 31, 2010


A Yemeni soldier stands guard in old Sana'a.


The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies strongly condemns the Yemeni army's ****ling in the Lawdar district in the Abyan province, Southern Yemen, which has severely harmed the civilian population located there.

It is with deep concern that we observe the nearly week-long ****ling campaign, supported by heavy artillery and tanks, which has prompted hundreds of Yemeni families to flee the Lawdar district and take refuge in the mountains as the authorities continue their military siege of the area, sealing off all entrances and exits. According to information received from Yemeni human rights organizations and other sources, at least three civilians have been killed and dozens more injured, among them at least two children, while the artillery fire hit a local market and severely damaged homes, agricultural land and a nursery.

The assault was launched after several Yemeni troops were killed in an ambush by either al Qaeda operatives, as the Yemeni authorities claim, or elements involved with the Southern Movement. Exiled Southern Yemeni officials and leaders of the Southern Movement state that the attack was launched in an attempt to turn the international community against the peaceful Southern Movement by associating it with terrorism. It should be noted that the Yemeni regime used Yemeni fighters returning from Afghanistan to quell the rebellion in the south in 1994. Consequently, al Qaeda began to establish a base in the area, which later became the largest in the Arab world.
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/3615.cfm