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HRW: As Backer, U.S. “Shares Obligation” to Minimize Civilian Deaths in Saudi-Led Yemen Operation

HeadlineApr 02, 2015

The death toll from an apparent Saudi military strike on a dairy factory has risen to 33, all of them workers on the overnight shift. The bombing came just two days after the Saudi-led coalition killed around 40 people and wounded 200 at a displaced persons camp in northern Yemen. In a statement, Human Rights Watch said: “The deaths of so many civilians in a camp with no apparent military target heightens concerns about laws-of-war violations.” The group also issued a plea to Washington, saying: “The United States, by providing intelligence to the Saudi-led air campaign, shares the obligation to minimize harm to civilians and civilian property in the fighting.”

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