Terrifying statistics of victims in Yemen during the occasion of International Human Rights Day

The Minister of Human Rights, Alia Faisal Abdul-Latif, called on the international organizations concerned with childhood, to start quickly the running of the air bridge for children whose health condition does not bear any delay.

In a rhetorical event organized by the Ministry of Human Rights on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, in cooperation with the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Minister Alia said that Yemenis celebrate International Human Rights Day with great pain in light of the continued aggression led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

She pointed to the martyrdom and injury of 42,000 as a result of the aggression, added that more than 400,000 lost their lives due to the blockade, food and health insecurity, disease and epidemics, including thousands of patients who were prevented from traveling to receive treatment abroad.

She drew attention to the displacement of three million and 450 thousand people, explaining that the aggression caused the largest human-made humanitarian catastrophe according to the United Nations classification of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.

“The aggression has caused 24 million Yemenis in need of humanitarian assistance, millions of whom are at risk of starvation, became steps away from death,” she said.

In a report released this week marking the 1,700 days since the war in Yemen, a civil society organization reports that 3,672 Yemeni children have been killed in five years of war and 3,856 children have been injured.

The total civilian casualties during the 1,700 days of the war reached 42,135, including more than 5,000 women among the dead and wounded.

The organization notes that 684,451 civilian houses were destroyed by airstrikes and shelling of the forces of aggression on Yemen, during the 1,700 days of the war.

This big number hides the tragedy of children displaced by the war after they lost their homes. According to the statistics, 1052 schools, 383 hospitals, and health facilities, and 1856 reservoirs and water systems were destroyed.

These figures hide the tragedy of millions of children who have lost shelter, education, health, and clean water.

SH.A.