YNGOC Strongly Condemns Saudi Air Strike on Yemeni School

January 12 / Yamanyoon 

The Yemeni NGOs Coalition for Child Rights Care (YNGOC) strongly condemned last Tuesday the heinous crime committed by the Saudi aggression coalition against students and teachers of Al-Falah School in Nihm district, Sana’a .governorate, which killed eight students and injured 15 others

In a statement, the YNGOC condemns in the strongest terms this brutal aggression that committed a war crime by targeting a school for children.

“This is not the first of its kind,” YNGOC said. “This act was preceded by dozens of crimes against children and the Yemeni people, including educational institutions, without exception or regard to any ethics or human values,” it added.

“The (Saudi) air strikes continue day and night, targeting civilian installations, in which more than 1900 schools and educational institutions have been destroyed and more than 2 million child have been deprived from education,” the YNGOC elaborated.

The statement concluded with “the international community, Security Council, United Nations Human Rights Council and the international organizations working on the field of human rights and the rights of children, full responsibility for the crimes of the US-backed Saudi aggression and the consequent of keeping silent about these heinous crimes.”

“We also demand to take the necessary measures to lift the land, air and sea blockade on the people of Yemen,” the YNGOC added.